Deborah Jean Anderson PhD
Professor, Infectious Diseases
Professor, Other OB/GYN
670 Albany St | (617) 414-8482dande@bu.edu
deborah.anderson@bmc.org

Sections
Infectious Diseases
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.
Other Positions
Education
Immunology, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Immunology, MS, University of Texas at Austin
Biology, BA, Rice University
Publications
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. 2024 Oct 22. PMID: 39447830.
Published on 7/25/2024Johnson 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.
Published on 3/6/2024Nador 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.
Published on 2/13/2024Johnson 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.
Published on 1/9/2024Dohadwala S, Geib MT, Politch JA, Anderson DJ. Innovations in monoclonal antibody-based multipurpose prevention technology (MPT) for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. Front Reprod Health. 2023; 5:1337479. PMID: 38264184.
Published on 6/13/2023Dohadwala S, Politch JA, Barmine JH, Anderson DJ. A Brief History and Advancement of Contraceptive Multipurpose Prevention Technology (cMPT) Products. Open Access J Contracept. 2023; 14:83-94. PMID: 37332341.
Published on 4/13/2023Anderson DJ, Johnston DS. A brief history and future prospects of contraception. Science. 2023 Apr 14; 380(6641):154-158. PMID: 37053322.
Published on 3/30/2023Mausser E, Nador E, Politch JA, Pauly MR, Marathe JG, Moench TR, Zeitlin L, Whaley KJ, Anderson DJ. LALAPG variant of the Human Contraception Antibody (HCA) reduces Fc-mediated effector functions while maintaining sperm agglutination activity. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0282147. PMID: 36996137.
Published on 3/2/2023Thurman AR, Moench TR, Hoke M, Politch JA, Cabral H, Mausser E, Nador E, Morton J, Hamorsky K, Swope K, Bratcher B, Anderson DJ, Whaley KJ. ZB-06, a vaginal film containing an engineered human contraceptive antibody (HC4-N), demonstrates safety and efficacy in a phase 1 postcoital test and safety study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Jun; 228(6):716.e1-716.e12. PMID: 36870409.
Published on 10/31/2022Lee SG, Kiattiburut W, Khongkha T, Schinkel SCB, Lunn Y, Decker AP, Mohammadi A, Vera-Cruz A, Misra A, Angel JB, Anderson DJ, Baker M, Kaul R, Wang G, Tanphaichitr N. 17BIPHE2, an engineered cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide with low susceptibility to proteases, is an effective spermicide and microbicide against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Hum Reprod. 2022 Oct 31; 37(11):2503-2517. PMID: 36053257.
Media Mentions
Published on 4/3/2024
The Coming Birth-Control Revolution
Published on 2/26/2023
Where is all the hormone-free birth control?
Published on 11/30/2022
A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control
Published on 9/15/2022
BU researcher awarded $7.2 million grant to develop mAb-based contraceptive products
Published on 8/30/2021
An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus
Published on 8/16/2021
Topical contraceptive safely, effectively immobilizes sperm
Published on 6/27/2020
Antibiotic from potato-infecting microbe could help treat Candida
Published on 2/6/2020
Published on 12/11/2019
A birth control pill lasts one month in pigs. Will it work in humans?
Published on 12/4/2019
MIT researchers are developing a once-a-month birth control pill
View full list of 15 media mentions.