Shannon Celeste Kenney
McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: 608-***-**** (office)
Email: abph57@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
College: Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
September, 1972 - May, 1975
B.A. - Geology - awarded Magna Cum Laude
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
September, 1975 - May, 1979
M.D. degree (Awarded as candidate for highest academic honors)
Residency: University of North Carolina Hospitals
Medicine/Pediatrics (4 year program)
July, 1979- June, 1983
Research Fellowship: Laboratory of Biology of Viruses
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
July, 1983- June, 1985
Infectious Diseases
Fellowship: University of North Carolina Hospitals
July, 1985-July, 1987
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2006-present Wattawa Bascom Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine and
Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and
Public Health
2004-2006 Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology,
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C.
1998-2006 Professor of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology &
Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill,
N.C.
1993-1998 Associate Professor (with tenure) of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases)
and Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina School of
Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C.
1987-1993 Assistant Professor of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) and
Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina School of
Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C.
1987-2006 Research Scientist, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of
North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C.
CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
National Board of Medical Examiners (Diplomat) (1979)
Board-certified in Internal Medicine (1983)
Board-certified in Pediatrics (1986)
Board-certified in Infectious Diseases (1990; recertified 2005)
Licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina and Wisconsin
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Member, American Society of Virology
Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
Member, Association of American Physicians
Member, American Clinical and Climatological Association
Editorial Board, Journal of Virology
HONORS AND AWARDS
B.A. Awarded Magna Cum Laude
M.D. Degree Awarded Candidate for Highest Honors
Student Editor of Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1976-1979
Jefferson-Pilot Blake Newton Award, 1986
Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, 1989-1991
NIH Research Career Development Award, 1992-1997
Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1995
Ruth Hettleman Prize for Creativity in the Arts and Sciences, 1996
Member, NIH Study Section (AIDS-Related Research), 1996-2003
Member, IDSA Program Planning Committee, 1997-1999
Sarah Graham Kenan Professorship, 2004-2006
Board Member, International Epstein-Barr Virus Association, 2005-2010
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Elected to the Association of American Physicians, 2005
Elected to the American Clinical and Climatological Association, 2005
Member, Burroughs Wellcome Fund s scientific Advisory Committee for the Clinical Scientists
Awards in Translational Research, 2005-present
Awarded Woodward Prize for best talk delivered at the American Clinical and Climatological
Association meeting, 2005
Wattawa Bascom Professor of Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006-present
Editorial Board, Journal of Virology
University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Rankin Research Award, October 2007
GRANTS FUNDED (Active Support only)
Regulation of EBV Infection in Epithelial Cells
NIH/NCI R01 CA058853-18
a) PI Dr. Shannon Kenney
b) 20 percent effort
c) 5/4/2009 through 2/28/2014
d) $191,834 direct costs current year
EBV-based Strategies for AIDS-related Malignancies
NIH/NCI R01 CA66519-18
a) PI Dr. Shannon Kenney
b) 30 percent effort
c) 2/15/2008 through 1/31/2013
d) $164,698 direct costs current year
Molecular Biology and Genetics of Human Tumor Viruses
NIH Virology Program Project P01 CA022443-34
a) PI Dr. Bill Sugden
Project #4: Mechanisms of Reactivation of Epstein-Barr Virus from Latency to Lytic
Replication (Janet Mertz, Project Leader; Shannon Kenney, Co-Leader)
Project #5: Inhibiting the Survival and Proliferation of EBV-associated Tumor Cells (Shannon
Kenney, Project Leader; Janet Mertz and Bill Sugden, Co-Leaders)
b) 5 percent effort (Project 4); 15 percent effort (Project 5)
c) 6/25/2008 through 4/30/2013
d) $184,388 per year direct support
UWCCC Cancer Center Support Grant
NIH/NCI P30 CA014520-36
a) PI Dr. George Wilding
b) 5 percent effort
c) 4/1/2007 through 3/31/2013
d) None specifically for Dr. Kenney s research; Dr. Kenney is the Co-Leader of the program on
Human Cancer Virology
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PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals:
1. Kenney, S., Natarajan, V., Strike, D., Khoury, G., and Salzman, N. JC virus enhancer-
promoter active in human brain cells. Science 226:1337-1339, 1984.
2. Santamaria, J., Kenney, S., and Stiles, A. Purpura Fulminans associated with Haemophilus
Influenza type B infection. North Carolina Medical Journal 46:516-517, 1985.
3. Kenney, S., Natarajan, V., Selzer, G., and Salzman, N. Mapping 5' termini of JCV Late
mRNA. J. Virology 58:216-219, 1986.
4. Kenney, S., Natarajan, V., Selzer, G., and Salzman, N. Mapping 5' termini of JCV early
mRNA. J. Virology 58:651-654, 1986.
5. Davis, M.G., Kenney, S., Kamine, J., Pagano, J.S., and Huang, E.S. A major Immediate-early
gene of human cytomegalovirus transactivates the promoter of human T-cell leukemia virus,
Type III. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84:8642-8646, 1987.
6. Kenney, S., Kamine, J., Markovitz, D., Fenrick, R., and Pagano, J. An EBV immediate-early
gene product transactivates gene expression from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus long
terminal repeat. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85:1652-1656, 1988.
7. Pagano, J., Kenney, S., Markovitz, D., and Kamine, J. Epstein-Barr Virus and Interactions
with Human Retroviruses. Journal of Virological Methods 21:229-239, 1988.
8. Kenney, S., Kamine, J., Holley-Guthrie, E., Lin, J.-C., Mar, E.C., and Pagano, J.S. The EBV
BZLF1 Immediate-early gene product differentially affects latent versus productive EBV
promoters. J. Virology 63:1729-1736, 1989.
9. Kenney, S., Kamine, J., Holley-Guthrie, E., Markovitz, D., and Pagano, J.S. The EBV
immediate-early gene product, BMLF1, transactivates by a post-transcriptional mechanism
which is reporter-gene dependent. J. Virology 63:3870-3877, 1989.
10. Kenney, S., Holley-Guthrie, E., and Mar, E.C. The EBV BMLF1 promoter contains an
enhancer element responsive to the BZLF1 and BRLF1 transactivators. J. Virology 63:3878-
3883, 1989.
11. Markovitz, D., Kenney, S., Kamine, J., Smith, M., Baber, B., Fenrick, R., Huang, E.-S., Rosen,
C., Haseltine, W., and Pagano, J.S. Disparate effects of two herpesvirus Immediate-early gene
trans-activators on the HIV-1 LTR. Virol. 173:750, 1989.
12. Quinlivan, E.B., Holley-Guthrie, E., Mar, E.-C., Smith, M. and Kenney, S.C. The EBV
BRLF1 immediate-early gene product transactivates the HIV1-LTR by a mechanism which is
enhancer-dependent. J. Virology 64:1817-1820, 1990.
13. Holley-Guthrie, E., Quinlivan, E.B., Mar, E.-C., and Kenney, S.C. The Epstein-Barr Virus
(EBV) is regulated by the EBV Transactivators, BRLF1 and BZLF1, in a cell-specific manner.
J. Virology 64:3753-3759, 1990.
14. Sung, N., Kenney, S., Gutsch, D., and Pagano, J. EBNA2 transactivates a lymphoid-specific
enhancer in the BAMHI-C promoter of the Epstein-Barr Virus. J. Virology 65:2164-2169,
1991.
15. Kenney, S.C., Holley-Guthrie, E., Gutsch, D., Bender, T., Giot, J. and Sergeant, A. The
cellular oncogene, c-myb, can interact synergistically with BZLF1 in lymphoid cells.
Molecular and Cellular Biology 12:136-146, 1992.
16. Shapiro, D., Kenney, S., Johnson, M., and Wyrick, P. Chlamydia Psittici Endocarditis
Diagnosed by Positive Culture from Blood. New England Journal of Medicine 326:1192-1195,
1992.
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17. Quinlivan, E.B., Norris, M., Bouldin, T., Suzuki, K., Meeter, R., Smith, M., Hall, C., and
Kenney, S. Subclinical central nervous system infection with JC virus in patients with AIDS.
J. Infectious Diseases 166:80-85, 1992.
18. Zalani, S., Holley-Guthrie, E., Gutsch, D., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
immediate-early promoter, BRLF1, can be activated by the cellular Sp1 transcription factor. J.
Virology 66:7282-7292, 1992.
19. Sista, N., Pagano, J., Liao, W., and Kenney, S. Retinoic acid is a negative regulator of the
Epstein-Barr virus protein (BZLF1) that mediates disruption of latent infection. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. 90:3894-3898, 1993.
20. Quinlivan, E.B., Holley-Guthrie, E., Norris, M., Gutsch, D., Bachenheimer, S., and Kenney, S.
Direct BRLF1 binding is required for cooperative BZLF1/BRLF1 activation of the Epstein-
Barr virus early gene promoter, BMRF1. Nucleic Acids Research 21:1999-2007, 1993
(erratum NAR 21:3340).
21. Gutsch, D., Holley-Guthrie, E., Zhang, Q., Stein, B., Blanar, M., Baldwin, A., and Kenney, S.
The bZIP transactivator, BZLF1, of Epstein-Barr virus functionally and physically interacts
with the p65 subunit of NF-KB. Mol Cell. Biol. 14:1939-1948, 1994
22. Zhang, Q., Gutsch, D., and Kenney, S. Functional and physical interactions between p53 and
BZLF1: implications for Epstein-Barr virus latency. Molecular and Cellular Biology 14:1929-
1938, 1994.
23. Furnari, F., Quinlivan, E.B., Kenney, S., and Pagano, J. RAZ, an Epstein-Barr virus
transdominant repressor that modulates the viral reactivation mechanism. Journal of Virology
68:1827-1836, 1994.
24. Gutsch, D., Marcu, K., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus BRLF1 gene product
transactivates the murine and human c-myc promoters. Cellular and Molecular Biology
40:747-760, 1994.
25. Kenney, S., and Pagano, J. Viruses as oncolytic agents: a new age for "therapeutic" viruses?
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 86:1185-1186, 1994.
26. Kenney, S. and Zalani, S. Regulation of BZLF1 function by viral and host cell factors.
Epstein-Barr Virus Report 2:23-28, 1995.
27. Zalani, S., Holley-Guthrie, E., and Kenney, S. The Zif268 cellular transcription factor
activates expression of the Epstein-Barr virus Immediate-early BRLF1 Promoter. Journal of
Virology 69:3816-3823, 1995.
28. Zhang, Q., Hong, H., Dorski, D., and Kenney, S. Functional and physical interactions between
the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) proteins BZLF1 and BMRF1: effects on EBV transcription and
lytic replication. J. Virology 70:5131-5142, 1996.
29. Zalani, S., Holley-Guthrie, E. and Kenney, S. Epstein-Barr viral latency is disrupted by the
Epstein-Barr virus Immediate-early BRLF1 through a cell-specific mechanism. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 93:9194-9199, 1996.
30. Rogers, R., Ge, J.-Q., Hoganson, D., Comstock, K., Olsen, J. and Kenney, S. Killing EBV-
positive B lymphocytes by gene therapy: comparing the efficacy of cytosine deaminase and
HSV thymidine kinase. Human Gene Therapy 7:2235-2245, 1996.
31. Zalani, S., Coppage, A., Holley-Guthrie, E., and Kenney, S. The cellular YY1 transcription
factor binds a cis-acting negatively regulating element in the Epstein-Barr virus BRLF1
promoter. J. Virology 71:3268-3274, 1997.
32. Hong, H., Holley-Guthrie, E. and Kenney, S. The bZip dimerization domain of the Epstein-
Barr virus BZF1 protein mediates lymphoid-specific negative regulation. Virology 229:36-48,
1997.
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33. Zhang, Q., Holley-Guthrie, E., Ge, J.-Q., Dorsky, D. and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus
(EBV) DNA polymerase accessory protein, BMRF1, activates the essential downstream
component of the EBV oriLyt. Virology 230:24-34, 1997.
34. Kenney, S., Ge, J.-Q., Westphal, E., and J. Olsen. Gene therapy strategies for treating EBV-
associated lymphomas: comparison of two different Epstein-Barr virus-based vectors. Human
Gene Therapy: 9:1131-1141, 1998.
35. Adamson, A., and Kenney, S. Rescue of the Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 mutant, Z (S186A),
early gene activation defect by the BRLF1 gene product. Virology 251:187-197, 1998.
36. Zhang, Q., Holley-Guthrie, E., Dorsky, D., and Kenney, S. Identification of transactivator and
nuclear localization domains in the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA polymerase accessory
protein, BMRF1. Journal of General Virology 80:69-74, 1999.
37. Westphal, E.-M., Mauser, A., Swenson, J., Davis, M., Talarico, C., and Kenney, S. Induction
of lytic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in lymphomas using adenovirus vectors in vivo.
Cancer Research 59:1485-191, 1999.
38. Adamson, A., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 protein interacts physically and
functionally with the Histone Acetylase CREB-binding protein. J. Virology 73:6551-6558,
1999.
39. Swenson, J., Mauser, A., Kaufman, W., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus protein
BRLF1 activates S phase entry through E2F1 induction. J. Virology 73:6540-6550, 1999.
40. Westphal, E. M., Ge, J.-Q., and Kenney, S. The CB1954/nitroreductase combination in EBV-
positive B cell lines: induction of bystander killing in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Gene Therapy
7:97-106, 2000.
41. Adamson, A., Darr, D., Holley-Guthrie, E., Johnson, R., Mauser, A., Swenson, J. and Kenney,
S. Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early proteins, BZLF1 and BRLF1, activate the ATF2
transcription factor by increasing the levels of phosphorylated p38 and c-jun N-terminal
kinases. J. Virology 74:1224-1233, 2000.
42. Westphal, E., Blackstock, W., Feng, W., Israel, B., and Kenney, S. Activation of lytic Epstein-
Barr virus infection by radiation and sodium butyrate in vitro and in vivo: a potential method
for treating EBV-positive malignancies. Cancer Research 60:5781-5788, 2000.
43. Adamson, A., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein BZLF1 is
Sumo-1 modified and disrupts promyelocytic leukemia (PML) bodies. Journal of Virology
75:2388-2399, 2001.
44. Swenson, J., Holley-Guthrie, E., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early
protein BRLF1 interacts with CBP, promoting enhanced BRLF1 transactivation. Journal of
Virology 75: 6228-6234, 2001.
45. Israel, B., Pickles, R., Segal, D., Gerard, R., and Kenney, S. Enhancement of adenoviral vector
entry into CD70-positive B cell lines using Bi-specific CD70/adenovirus fiber antibody.
Journal of Virology 75: 5215-5221, 2001.
46. Darr, D., Mauser, A., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein, BRLF1,
induces the lytic form of viral replication through a mechanism involving phosphatidylinositol
3 (PI3) kinase activation. Journal of Virology 75: 6135-6142, 2001.
Morrison E, Mauser A, Wong A, Ting J, and Kenney, S. Inhibition of IFN- -signaling by an
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Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein. Immunity. 15: 787-99, 2001.
48. Feng W., Israel B., Raab-Traub N., Busson P., Kenney, S. Chemotherapy Induces Lytic EBV
Replication and Confers Ganciclovir Susceptibility to EBV-positive Epithelial Cell Tumors.
Cancer Research. 62: 1920-1926, 2002.
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49. Mauser A, Shin ichi S, Ettore A, Anderson CW, and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr Virus
Immediate-Early Protein, BZLF1, Regulates p53 Function Through Multiple Mechanisms.
Journal of Virology. 76:125**-*****, 2002.
50. Mauser A, Holley-Guthrie E, Simpson D, Kaufmann W, and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr
Virus Immediate-Early Protein, BZLF1, Induces Both A G2 and Mitotic Block. Journal of
Virology. 76: 100**-*****, 2002.
51. Feng, W. Westphal, E., Raab-Traub, N., Gulley, ML, Busson, P., and Kenney, S. The use of
Adenovirus Vectors Expressing the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Immediate-Early Proteins
BZLF1 and BRLF1 to Treat EBV-Positive Tumors. Journal of Virology 76:109**-*****,
2002.
52. Mauser, A., Holley-Guthrie, E., Zanation, A., Yarborough, W., Kaufmann, W., Klingelhutz, A.,
and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein, BZLF1, induces expression
of E2F-1 and other proteins involved in cell cycle progression in primary keratinocytes and
gastric carcinoma cells. Journal of Virology 76:125**-*****, 2002.
53. Israel, B. and Kenney, S. Virally targeted therapies for EBV-associated malignancies.
Oncogene 22:5122-5130, 2003.
54. Morrison, T., Mauser, A., Klingelhutz, A., and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr Virus Immediate-
Early Protein BZLF1 Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor- Induced Signaling and Apoptosis By
Downregulating Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-1. Journal of Virology 78:544-549, 2004.
55. Feng W., Hong, G., Delecluse, H.-J., and Kenney, S. Lytic induction therapy for Epstein-Barr
virus-positive B-cell lymphomas. Journal of Virology 78:1893-1902, 2004.
56. Li, Y., Webster-Cyriaque, Tomlinson, C., Yohe, M., and Kenney, S. Fatty acid synthase
expression is induced by the Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein, BRLF1, and is
required for lytic viral gene expression. Journal of Virology 78:4197-4206, 2004.
57. Hong, G., Delecluse, H.-J., Gruffat, H., Morrison, T., Feng, W., Kenney, S. The BRRF1 early
gene of Epstein-Barr virus encodes a transcription factor that enhances induction of lytic
infection by BRLF1. Journal of Virology 78:4983-4992, 2004.
58. Morrrison, T. and Kenney, S. BZLF1, an Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein, induces
p65 nuclear translocation while inhibiting p65 transcriptional function. Virology 328:219-232,
2004.
59. Li, Y., Mahajan, N., Webster-Cyriaque, J., Bhende, P., Earp, H.S., and Kenney, S. C-Mer is
induced by the Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein BRLF1. Journal of Virology
78:117**-*****, 2004.
60. Makhov, A., Subramanian, D., Holley-Guthrie, E., Kenney, S.C., and Griffith, J. The Epstein-
Barr virus polymerase accessory factor, BMRF1, adopts a ring shaped structure as visualized
by electron microscopy. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279:403**-*****, 2004.
61. Feng, W., Cohen, J., Fischer, J., Li, L., Sneller, M., Goldbach-Mansky, R., Raab-Traub, N.,
Delecluse, H.-J., and Kenney, S. Methotrexate induces reactivation of latent Epstein-Barr
virus: a potential contributor to methotrexate-associated lymphomas. Journal of the National
Cancer Institute 96:1691-1702, 2004.
62. Bhende, P., Seaman, W., Delecluse, H.-J., and Kenney, S. The EBV lytic switch protein, Z,
activates the methylated viral genome through a novel mechanism. Nature Genetics 36:1099-
1104, 2004.
63. Holley-Guthrie, E., Seaman, W., Bhende, P., Merchant, J., and Kenney, S.C. The Epstein-Barr
virus protein, BMRF1, activates gastrin transcription. Journal of Virology 79:745-55, 2005.
64. Bhende, P., Seaman, T., Delecluse, H.-J., and Kenney, S. BZLF1 activation of the methylated
form of the BRLF1 immediate-early promoter is regulated by BZLF1 residue 186. Journal of
Virology 79:7338-7348, 2005.
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65. Hong, G., Gulley, M., Feng, W.-H., Delecluse, H.-J., Holley-Guthrie, E., and Kenney, S.
Epstein-Barr virus lytic infection contributes to tumorigenesis in a SCID mouse model of
lymphoma. Journal of Virology 79: 13993-4003, 2005.
66. Hong, G., Kumar, P., Wang, L., Damania, B., Gulley, M., Delecluse, H.-J., Polverini, P., and
Kenney, S. Epstein-Barr virus lytic infection is required for efficient production of the
angiogenesis factor VEGF in lymphoblastoid cell lines. Journal of Virology 79: 139**-*****,
2005.
67. Israel, B., Feng, W.H., Gulley, P., and Kenney, S. Anti-CD70 antibodies: a potential treatment
for EBV-positive CD70-expressing lymphomas. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 4: 2037-44,
2005.
68. Gonzalez, C.M., Wong, E., Bowser, B., Hong, G., Kenney, S., and Damania, B. Identification
and characterization of the KSHV ORF49 protein. Journal of Virology 80:3062-70, 2006.
69. Kenney, S. Development of Novel, EBV-targeted therapies for EBV-positive tumors.
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association 117: 55-73, 2006.
70. Feng, W., and Kenney, S. Valproic acid enhances the efficacy of chemotherapy in EBV-
positive tumors by increasing lytic viral gene expression. Cancer Research 66:8762-8769,
2006.
71. Bhende, P. M., Dickerson, S. J., Sun, X., Feng, W. H., and Kenney, S. C. X-box binding
protein 1 (XBP-1) activates lytic Epstein-Barr virus gene expression in combination with
protein kinase D (PKD). Journal of Virology 81:7363-73-70, 2007.
72. Jones, R., Bhende, P., Jones, D., Delecluse, H. J., and Kenney, S. Epstein-Barr virus infection
induces retinoic acid-responsive genes through induction of a retinol metabolizing enzyme,
DHRS9. Journal of Biol. Chem. 282:8317-24, 2007.
73. Jones, RJ, Seaman, WT, Feng, WH, Barlow, E., Dickerson, S., Delecluse, H.J., and Kenney,
SC. Roles of lytic viral infection and IL-6 in early versus late passage lymphoblastoid cell
lines and EBV-related lymphoproliferative disease. International Journal of Cancer 121:1274-
1281, 2007.
74. Feng, W.-H., Kraus, R. J., Dickerson, S. J., Lim, H. J., Jones, R. J., Yu, X., Mertz, J. E., and
Kenney, S. C. ZEB1 and c-Jun Levels Contribute to the Establishment of Highly Lytic
Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Gastric AGS Cells. J. Virol. 81: 101**-*****, 2007.
75. Yu, F., Feng, J., Harada, J. N., Chanda, S. K., Kenney, S. C., and Sun, R. B Cell Terminal
Differentiation Factor XBP-1 Induces Reactivation of Kaposi s Sarcoma-Associated
Herpesvirus. FEBS Lett. 581: 3485-3488, 2007.
Bristol, J. A., Morrison, T. E., and Kenney, S. C. CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Proteins and
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Regulate the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 Gene Promoter. Mol. Immunol. 46: 2706-
2713, 2009. PMCID: PMC2724677.
77. Dickerson, S. J., Xing, Y., Robinson, A. R., Seaman, W. T., Gruffat, H., and Kenney, S. C.
Methylation-Dependent Binding of the Epstein-Barr Virus BZLF1 Protein to Viral Promoters.
PLoS Pathog. 5(3):e1000356, 2009. PMCID: PMC2654727.
78. Ryan, J. L., Jones, R. J., Elmore, S. H., Kenney, S. C., Miller, G., Schroeder, J. C., and Gulley,
M. L. Epstein-Barr Virus WZhet DNA Can Induce Lytic Replication in Epithelial Cells in
vitro, although WZhet Is Not Detectable in Many Human Tissues in vivo. Intervirology 52: 8-
16, 2009. PMCID: PMC2865398.
79. Ryan, J., Shen, Y., Morgan, D., Elmore, S., Thorne, L., Dominguez, R., Kenney, S., and
Gulley, M. Epstein-Barr virus infection is common in inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa.
Intervirology. 2009;52(1):8-16. Epub 2009 Apr 7.
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80.. Bristol, J. A., Robinson, A. R., Barlow, E. A., and Kenney, S. C. The Epstein-Barr Virus
BZLF1 Protein Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 Expression through Effects on
Cellular C/EBP Proteins. J. Virol., 84: 123**-*****, 2010. PMCID: PMC2976414.
81. Hagemeier, S. R., Dickerson, S. J., Meng, Q., Yu, X., Mertz, J. E., and Kenney, S. C.
Sumoylation of the Epstein-Barr Virus BZLF1 Protein Inhibits Its Transcriptional Activity and
Is Regulated by the Virus-Encoded Protein Kinase. J. Virol., 84: 4383-4394, 2010. PMCID:
PMC2863741.
82. Meng, Q., Hagemeier, S. R., Kuny, C. V., Kalejta, R. F., and Kenney, S. C. Simian Virus 40
T/t Antigens and Lamin A/C Small Interfering RNA Rescue the Phenotype of an Epstein-Barr
Virus Protein Kinase (BGLF4) Mutant. J. Virol., 84: 4524-4533, 2010. PMCID:
PMC2863785.
83. Meng, Q., Hagemeier, S. R., Fingeroth, J. D., Gershburg, E., Pagano, J. S., and Kenney, S. C.
The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Encoded Protein Kinase, EBV-PK, but Not the Thymidine
Kinase (EBV-TK), Is Required for Ganciclovir and Acyclovir Inhibition of Lytic Viral
Production. J. Virol., 84: 4534-4542, 2010. PMCID: PMC2863746.
84. Ryan, J. L., Jones, R. J., Kenney, S. C., Rivenbark, A. G., Tang, W., Knight, E. R. W.,
Coleman, W. B., and Gulley, M. L. Epstein-Barr Virus-Specific Methylation of Human Genes
in Gastric Cancer Cells. Infect. Agents Cancer, 5:27, 2010. PMCID: PMC3023757.
85. Sun, X., and Kenney, S. C. Hsp90 Inhibitors: A Potential Treatment for Latent EBV
Infection? Cell Cycle, 9: 1665-1666, 2010. PMCID: PMC2879875.
86. Sun, X., Barlow, E. A., Ma, S., Hagemeier, S. R., Duellman, S. J., Burgess, R. R., Tellam, J.,
Khanna, R., and Kenney, S. C. Hsp90 Inhibitors Block Outgrowth of EBV-Infected Malignant
Cells in vitro and in vivo through an EBNA1-Dependent Mechanism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA, 107: 3146-3151, 2010. PMCID: PMC2840277.
87. Tang, W., Harmon, P., Gulley, M. L., Mwansambo, C., Kazembe, P. N., Martinson, F.,
Wokocha, C., Kenney, S. C., Hoffman, I., Sigel, C., Maygarden, S., Hoffman, M., and Shores,
C. Viral Response to Chemotherapy in Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma. Clin. Cancer Res., 16:
2055-2064, 2010. PMCID: PMC2848899.
88. Hagemeier, S. R., Barlow, E. A., Kleman, A. A., and Kenney, S. C. The Epstein-Barr Virus
BRRF1 Protein, Na, Induces Lytic Infection in a TRAF2- and p53-Dependent Manner. J.
Virol., 85: 4318-4329, 2011. PMCID: PMC3126225.
89. Hegde, S., Lockridge, J. L., Becker, Y. A., Ma, S., Kenney, S. C., and Gumperz, J. E. Human
NKT Cells Direct the Differentiation of Myeloid APCs That Regulate T Cell Responses via
Expression of Programmed Cell Death Ligands. J. Autoimmun., 37: 28-38, 2011. PMCID:
PMC3110565.
90. Ma, S.-D., Hegde, S., Young, K. H., Sullivan, R., Rajesh, D., Zhou, Y., Jankowska-Gan, E.,
Burlingham, W. J., Sun, X., Gulley, M. L., Tang, W., Gumperz, J. E., and Kenney, S. C. A
New Model of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Reveals an Important Role for Early Lytic Viral
Protein Expression in the Development of Lymphomas. J. Virol., 85: 165-177, 2011. PMCID:
PMC3014199.
91. Robinson, A. R., Kwek, S. S., Hagemeier, S. R., Wille, C. K., and Kenney, S. C. Cellular
Transcription Factor Oct-1 Interacts with the Epstein-Barr Virus BRLF1 Protein To Promote
Disruption of Viral Latency. J. Virol., 85: 8940-8953, 2011. PMCID: PMC3165789.
92. Shaffer, D. R., Savoldo, B., Yi, Z., Chow, K. K. H., Kakarla, S., Spencer, D. M., Dotti, G., Wu,
M.-F., Liu, H., Kenney, S., and Gottschalk, S. T Cells Redirected Against CD70 for the
Immunotherapy of CD70-Positive Malignancies. Blood, 117: 4304-4314, 2011. PMCID:
PMC3087480.
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93. Robinson, A. R., Kwek, S. S., and Kenney, S. C. The B-Cell Specific Transcription Factor,
Oct-2, Promotes Epstein-Barr Virus Latency by Inhibiting the Viral Immediate-Early Protein,
BZLF1. PLoS Pathog., 8(2):e1002516, 2012. PMCID: PMC Journal In Process.
94. Ryan JL, Shen YJ, Morgan DR, Thorne LB, Kenney SC, Dominguez RL, Gulley ML: Epstein-
Barr virus infection is common in inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa. Digestive Diseases and
Sciences, in press.
Invited Papers Published in Conference Proceedings:
1. Kenney, S., Lin, J.C., and Pagano, J.S. Transactivation of an EBV promoter within the IR-1
region of the genome. In: Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease (Ablashi,D., Faggioni, A.,
Nonoyama, M., Pearson, G.R., and Glaser, R., eds.). Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey. pp.
25-30, 1987.
2. Kenney, S., Kamine, J., Holley-Guthrie, E., and Lin, J. Effect of the BZLF1 Transactivator on
Different Classes of EBV Promoters. In: Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease, (Ablashi, D.,
Faggioni, G., Krueger, G., Pagano, J., and Pearson, G., eds.). Humana Press, Clifton, New
Jersey, pp. 55-60, 1989.
3. Lin, J.-C., Kenney, S., and Pagano, J.S. Detection of proteins binding to the EBNA 2
promoter. In: Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Diseases, (Ablashi, D., Faggioni, G., Krueger,
G., Pagano, J.,. and Glaser, R., eds). Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey, pp. 105-112, 1989.
4. Kenney, S., Holley-Guthrie, E., Gutsch, D., Giot, J., and Sergeant, A. The EBV BRLF1
protein has sequence and functional similarity with the c-myb proto-oncogene. In: Epstein-
Barr Virus and Human Disease (Ablashi, D., Huang, A., Pagano, J., Pearson, G., and Yang, C.,
eds.). Humana press, Clifton, New Jersey, pp. 93-97, 1991.
5. Sung, N., Kenney, S., and Pagano, J. A new lymphoid specific EBV enhancer is transactivated
by EBNA-2. In: Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease, (Ablashi, D., Huang, A., Pagano, J.,
Pearson, G., and Yang, C., eds.). Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey, pp. 53-57, 1991.
6. Kenney, S., Zalani, S, Zhang, Q., Gutsch, D., and Holley-Guthrie, E. The regulation of the Z
transactivator function by cellular proteins. In: Epstein-Barr virus and Human Disease
(Ablashi, D., Huang, A., Pagano, J., Pearson, G., and Yang, C., eds.). Humana press, Clifton,
New Jersey. 1993.
7. Sista, N., Kenney, S., Liao, W., and Pagano, J. Retinoic acid is a negative regulator of BZLF1-
mediated gene expression. In: Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease (Ablashi, D., Huang,
A., Pagano, J., Pearson, G., and Yang, C., eds.). Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey. 1993.
Book Chapters:
1. Raab-Traub, N. and Kenney, S. Epstein-Barr virus: Pathogenesis and treatment. In: Viral
Infections and Treatment (Marcel Dekker Publishing, New York), 2002.
2. Israel, B. and Kenney, S.C. Infectious Mononucleosis. In: Netter s Internal Medicine, Edited
by M. Runge and M.A. Greganti (Icon Learning Systems, Teterboro, New Jersey), 2003.
3. Israel, B. and Kenney, SC. EBV lytic Infection. In: Epstein-Barr Virus, Edited by Erle S.
Robertson, Caister Academic Press, 2005.
4. Kenney, S. C. Reactivation and Lytic Replication of EBV. In: A. Arvin, G. Campadelli-
Fiume, E. Mocarski, P. S. Moore, B. Roizman, R. Whitley, and K. Yamanishi (Eds.), Human
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5. Swaminathan, S and Kenney, S. The Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Epstein-Barr virus infection.
In: DNA Tumor Viruses, Damania, B. and Pipas, eds., Springer Science/Business Media, NY,
2009.
Invited Research Presentations (since 2005):
1. June 2005: Invited speaker at the International Symposium on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma,
Toronto, Canada
2. October, 2005: Invited seminar speaker, Baylor University, Houston, TX
3. October 2005: Invited speaker, American Clinical and Climatological Association meeting,
Santa Barbara, CA
4. January, 2006: Invited speaker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
5. February 2006: Invited speaker, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
6. April 2006: Invited speaker, First International Conference on Viral Oncogenes, Padova, Italy
7. May 2006: Invited speaker, Duke University
8. July 2006: Keynote speaker, International Epstein-Barr virus Meeting, Boston, MA
9. November 2006: Seminar speaker, Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin
10. February 2007: Seminar speaker, Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of
Wisconsin
11. May 2007: Seminar speaker, Department of Pathology, University of Wisconsin
12. June 2007: Grand Rounds speaker, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin
13. April 2007: Invited keynote speaker, President s Symposium, at American Society for
Investigative Pathology, Washington, D.C.
14. July 2007: Invited speaker, International Herpesvirus workshop, Asheville, NC
15. March 2008: Invited Speaker, Department of Microbiology, Rosalyn Franklin Medical School
16. April 2009: Invited Speaker, University of San Antonio, TX, Cancer Center
17. October 2010: Invited Speaker, NIH AIDS Malignancy Consortium
18. October 2010: Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds, UWCC
19. October 2010: Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds, UW Human Biology Department
20. November 2010: Invited Speaker, Department of Microbiology, Northwestern Medical School
21. May 2011: Invited Speaker, Virology Training Program, Johns Hopkins Cancer Center
22. May 2012: Invited Speaker, Ohio State University Cancer Center, May 2012
23. Feb 2013: Invited Speaker, University of Utah Cancer Center
SELECTED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
At UNC-Chapel Hill:
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Tissue Culture Facility Committee
Member, Sarah G. Kenan Professorship Selection Committee
Member, UNC Gene Therapy Trials Review Committee
Admissions Committee, UNC M.D./PH.D. Program
Member, UNC School of Medicine Tenure Review Committee (To Associate Professor)
Member, Department of Medicine Research Advisory Committee
At University of Wisconsin:
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1. Co-program leader of Virology Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center
2. Member, Committee to suggest future goals for Infectious Diseases Division
3. Member, Committee to hire/recruit new faculty members for Oncology Department
4. Member of multiple PhD thesis committees
5. Former member of U.W. Medical School Promotion committee
6. Member of CTSA K award committee
7. Member of U.W. Medical School Award Committee
National Service:
1. Former permanent member of NIH Study section, and frequent member of Special emphasis NIH
Study Sections
2. Board Member, International Epstein-Barr Virus Association, 2005-2010
3. Member, Burroughs Wellcome Fund s Scientific Advisory Committee for the Clinical Scientists
Awards in Translational Research, 2005-present.
4. Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Virology
Clinical Activities (UNC-Chapel Hill and University of Wisconsin):
Infectious Diseases Consult attending (1 to 2 months per year in Wisconsin starting in Sept. 2007)
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