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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Sex Differences in Anti-Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody Responses.

Sarah S Jackson, Julia Francis, Ruth M Pfeiffer, Carla Proietti, Anna E Coghill, Kelly J Yu, Yomani D Sarathkumara, Wan-Lun Hsu, Ilona Argirion, Cheng-Ping Wang and 6 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sex-dependent mechanisms in rheumatic diseases.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Sarah S JacksonInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6986-8842
Julia FrancisInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-7049-771X
Ruth M PfeifferInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7791-2698
Carla ProiettiCentre for Molecular Therapeutics, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns.
Anna E CoghillCancer Epidemiology Program, Division of Population Sciences, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7142-7499
Kelly J YuInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3832-6586
Yomani D SarathkumaraCentre for Molecular Therapeutics, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns.
Wan-Lun HsuData Science Center, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7271-6070
Ilona ArgirionInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Cheng-Ping WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0001-7872-1463
Chien-Jen ChenGenomics Research Center, Academica Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Nathaniel RothmanInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Qing LanInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Allan HildesheimInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0257-2363
Denise L DoolanCentre for Molecular Therapeutics, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns.
Zhiwei LiuInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.

Funding

Biology of sex and cancerZIACP101239 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI JACKSON, SARAH · 2024 to 2025
$4.0M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA CP101239Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of HealthJames Cook UniversityNational Health and Medical Research Council of Australia 1137285Postgraduate Research ScholarshipPrincipal Research Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) immunoglobulin A (IgA) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses by sex among 387 cancer-free individuals in Asia. Antibody responses were measured using an EBV proteome array to assess age-adjusted, sex-specific associations with 404 EBV antigens in 86 protein sequences via meta-analysis and pathway analysis by EBV stage. Males were more likely to have elevated IgA responses (P = .001) and females had higher IgG responses (P = .003). Significant sex associations were observed across stages of lytic replication. The largest sex differences were seen in latent IgA, but no differences were observed in latent IgG antibodies. Higher IgA responses suggest higher rates of EBV reactivation in males.

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Antibodies, ViralEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsHerpesvirus 4, HumanAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsYoung AdultAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GantibodiesEpstein-Barr virushumoral immune responseprotein arraysex

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PMID39932888
PMCPMC12372535

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