Scott S. Terhune, PhD

Professor

Locations

Microbiology & Immunology
TBRC C2890

Contact Information

General Interests

Human Cytomegalovirus Host-Cell Protein Interactions During Infection

Education

PhD, Cancer Biology, Northwestern University, 2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, Proteomics/Cytomegalovirus Biology, Princeton University, 2007

Learn more about the Terhune Lab

                
                    Research Experience
                

                    Antiviral Agents
Cell Cycle
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
Cytomegalovirus
Histone Acetyltransferases
Histone Deacetylases
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Protein Kinases
Signal Transduction
STAT3 Transcription Factor
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

            

                
                    Methodologies and Techniques
                

                    Cell Cycle
DNA, Viral
Drug Synergism
Protein Interaction Mapping
Proteomics
RNA, Viral
Virus Replication

            

                
                    Leadership Positions
                

                    Dept Representative, Faculty Council
Past Chair, Faculty Career Development Committee
Program Representative, IDP Executive Evaluation Committee
SOM and Graduate School Rank Committees
Vice Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee

            

Research Interests

Our research focuses on determining the molecular functions of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) proteins during infection and disease. HCMV is a member of the beta-herpesvirus family of viruses which includes HHV-6 and 7. Infection occurs upon exposure to virus-containing body fluids, is life-long and generally asymptomatic in healthy children and adults. However, during pregnancy, HCMV infection may result in congenital birth defects including hearing loss and neurological damage. In immunologically immature or compromised children and adults, infection often results in life threatening diseases. And, increasing evidence suggestions that persistent life-long HCMV infection is associated with numerous chronic diseases including atherosclerosis, immuno-senescence, cancer and possibly Alzheimer’s Disease.

Critical Role for the Human Cytomegalovirus Major Immediate Early Proteins in Recruitment of RNA Polymerase II and H3K27Ac To an Enhancer-Like Element in OriLyt.

(Forte E, Li M, Ayaloglu Butun F, Hu Q, Borst EM, Schipma MJ, Piunti A, Shilatifard A, Terhune SS, Abecassis M, Meier JL, Hummel M.) Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Jan 16:e0314422 PMID: 36645269 01/17/2023
Computational modeling of protracted HCMV replication using genome substrates and protein temporal profiles.

(Monti CE, Mokry RL, Schumacher ML, Dash RK, Terhune SS.) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Aug 30;119(35):e2201787119 PMID: 35994667 PMCID: PMC9437303 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136192098 08/23/2022
Nitric Oxide Attenuates Human Cytomegalovirus Infection yet Disrupts Neural Cell Differentiation and Tissue Organization.

(Mokry RL, O'Brien BS, Adelman JW, Rosas S, Schumacher ML, Ebert AD, Terhune SS.) J Virol. 2022 Jul 27;96(14):e0012622 PMID: 35862705 PMCID: PMC9327702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135227929 07/22/2022
Downregulation of neurodevelopmental gene expression in iPSC-derived cerebral organoids upon infection by human cytomegalovirus.

(O'Brien BS, Mokry RL, Schumacher ML, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Terhune SS, Ebert AD.) iScience. 2022 Apr 15;25(4):104098 PMID: 35391828 PMCID: PMC8980761 04/09/2022
Human cytomegalovirus lytic infection inhibits replication-dependent histone synthesis and requires stem loop binding protein function.

(Albright ER, Morrison K, Ranganathan P, Carter DM, Nishikiori M, Lee JH, Slayton MD, Ahlquist P, Terhune SS, Kalejta RF.) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Apr 05;119(14):e2122174119 PMID: 35344424 PMCID: PMC9169081 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127264685 03/29/2022
Method to Study Adaptive NK Cells Following MCMV Infections.

(Khalil M, Mei A, Hashemi E, Wang D, Schumacher M, Terhune S, Malarkannan S.) Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2463:195-204 PMID: 35344176 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127680170 03/29/2022
Crosstalk between Plk1, p53, cell cycle, and G2/M DNA damage checkpoint regulation in cancer: computational modeling and analysis.

(Jung Y, Kraikivski P, Shafiekhani S, Terhune SS, Dash RK.) NPJ Syst Biol Appl. 2021 Dec 09;7(1):46 PMID: 34887439 PMCID: PMC8660825 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121043614 12/11/2021
MyD88 is an essential regulator of NK cell-mediated clearance of MCMV infection.

(Dixon KJ, Siebert JR, Wang D, Abel AM, Johnson KE, Riese MJ, Terhune SS, Tarakanova VL, Thakar MS, Malarkannan S.) Mol Immunol. 2021 Sep;137:94-104 PMID: 34242922 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85109126048 07/10/2021
Implications of a 'Third Signal' in NK Cells.

(Khalil M, Wang D, Hashemi E, Terhune SS, Malarkannan S.) Cells. 2021 Jul 31;10(8) PMID: 34440725 PMCID: PMC8393955 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115044374 08/28/2021
Nitric Oxide Circumvents Virus-Mediated Metabolic Regulation during Human Cytomegalovirus Infection.

(Mokry RL, Schumacher ML, Hogg N, Terhune SS.) mBio. 2020 Dec 15;11(6) PMID: 33323506 PMCID: PMC7773989 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098068781 12/17/2020
Prospects for Clinical Development of Stat5 Inhibitor IST5-002: High Transcriptomic Specificity in Prostate Cancer and Low Toxicity In Vivo.

(Maranto C, Udhane V, Jia J, Verma R, Müller-Newen G, LaViolette PS, Pereckas M, Sabharwal L, Terhune S, Pattabiraman N, Njar VCO, Imig JD, Wang L, Nevalainen MT.) Cancers (Basel). 2020 Nov 18;12(11) PMID: 33217941 PMCID: PMC7724566 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096199725 11/22/2020
Nitric oxide circumvents virus-mediated metabolic regulation during human cytomegalovirus infection

(Mokry RL, Schumacher ML, Hogg N, Terhune SS.) mBio. November-December 2020;11(6):1-25 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098068781 11/01/2020

Scott S. Terhune, PhD

Professor

Locations

Contact Information

General Interests

Education

Research Experience

Methodologies and Techniques

Leadership Positions

Research Interests

Publications