Deborah J. Anderson, PhD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I have expertise in mucosal immunology, and secondarily in virology. I am interested in immune defense of the genital tract against sexually-transmitted pathogens. We are currently working with epithelial cell lines and HIV-1 infection models.

Publications

  • Published 2/5/2025

    Dohadwala S, Shah P, Farrell M, Politch J, Marathe J, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Sialidases derived from Gardnerella vaginalis remodel the sperm glycocalyx and impair sperm function. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 05. PMID: 39975358.

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  • Published 10/22/2024

    Nador E, Mausser E, Marathe JG, Politch JA, Thurman AR, Whaley KJ, Anderson DJ. Antibody-dependent complement-mediated sperm cytotoxicity in the endocervix is a dominant contraceptive mechanism of ZB-06 vaginal film. Fertil Steril. 2025 Mar; 123(3):534-536. PMID: 39447830.

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  • Published 7/25/2024

    Johnson JA, Li JF, Politch JA, Lipscomb JT, Tino AS, DeFelice J, Gelman M, Anderson DJ, Mayer KH. HIV Immunocapture Reveals Particles Expressed in Semen Under Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor-Based Therapy Are Largely Myeloid Cell-Derived and Disparate. J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 25; 230(1):78-85. PMID: 39052738.

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  • Published 3/6/2024

    Nador E, Xia C, Santangelo PJ, Whaley KJ, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Platform-Specific Fc N-Glycan Profiles of an Antisperm Antibody. Antibodies (Basel). 2024 Mar 06; 13(1). PMID: 38534207.

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  • Published 2/13/2024

    Johnson JA, Li JF, Politch JA, Lipscomb JT, Santos Tino A, DeFelice J, Gelman M, Anderson DJ, Mayer KH. HIV Immunocapture Reveals Particles Expressed in Semen under INSTI-based Therapy are Largely Myeloid Cell-Derived and Disparate from Circulating Provirus. J Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 13. PMID: 38356153.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • University of Texas at Austin, PhD
  • University of Texas at Austin, MS
  • Rice University, BA