EpsteinBarr virus infection controls the concentration of the intracellular antioxidant glutathione by upregulation of the glutamate transporter EAAT3 in tumor cells Virus Genes Springer Nature Link 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 TNF inhibits Epstein Barr virus reactivation through the GPX4 mediated glutathione pathway Scientific Reports EpsteinBarr Virus Hijacks Redox Signaling via Glutathione Peroxidase 4 to Sustain Latency and Drive Gastric Cancer Progression