By age 40, ~95% of adults carry EBV. Most never know. Your immune system can keep it dormant for decades it's been doing the job since you were a kid. But The EpsteinBarr virus nuclear antigen 1 upregulates the cellular antioxidant defense to enable B cell growth transformation and immortalization Oncogene Glutathione is such a critical soldier in our line of defense that our bodies make it themselves. We even have mechanisms that recycle and reuse it. But what happens when our toxic TNF inhibits Epstein Barr virus reactivation through the GPX4 mediated glutathione pathway Scientific Reports Stress Induced Epstein Barr Virus Reactivation