Dr. Reichlin has published more than 331 papers, lectured worldwide, and received a plethora of awards. His body of work, including his demonstration of the pathogenic roles of autoantibodies in SLE (anti-Ro in skin lesions and anti-Ro from affected kidneys), garnered him the Evelyn V. Hess, MD, Research Award, presented in 2006 at the ACR annual meeting. He also received a prize for lifetime contributions to autoimmunity from the International Congresses of Autoimmunity. Looking back on his productive career, Dr. Reichlin says, “It was always exciting to come into new areas that had not been explored before, and find a direction that was fruitful and productive.” Dr. James notes that Dr. Reichlin often emphasized that “things don’t always go perfectly in the lab—or the clinic—and that part of the work is persistence and perseverance and trying to do what’s best for the patients.”
Because of his dedication to patient-oriented research, tens of thousands of patients are helped by his discoveries every year. With characteristic modesty, Dr. Reichlin adds, “Finding ways around brick walls is what research is all about. I just wanted to solve problems and see where it led me. And it’s worked out very well.”
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Timeline
1959 – Earns MD from Washington University, St. Louis
1959 – Becomes intern at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
1960 – Becomes assistant resident at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center
1961 – Becomes research associate at Brandeis University
1963 – Begins postdoctoral fellowship at University of Rome
1964 – Becomes an instructor at University of Vermont College of Medicine
1965 – Becomes assistant professor of medicine at State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
1968 – Becomes associate professor of medicine and biochemistry at State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
1971 – Becomes professor of medicine and biochemistry at State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
1974 – Completes a sabbatical at the Royal College of Surgeons in London
1981 – Becomes professor of medicine and chief of the immunology section at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1981 – Becomes head of the arthritis and immunology program at OMRF
References
- Clark, G, Reichlin, M, Tomasi, TB. Characterization of a soluble cytoplasmic antigen reactive with sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Immunol. 1969. 102:117-122.
- Reichlin M, Hay M, Levine L. Immunochemical studies of hemoglobin and myoglobin and their globin moieties. Biochemistry. 1963;2:971 979.
- Reichlin M, Hay M, Levine L. Antibodies to human A1 hemoglobin and their reactions with A2, S, C and H hemoglobins. Immunochemistry. 1964;1:21 30.
- Reichlin M, Fogel S, Nisonoff A, Margoliash E. Antibodies against cytochromes c from vertebrates. J Biol Chem. 1966;241:251 253.
- Reichlin M. Use of antibody in the study of protein structure in protein sequence determination. In: Needleman SB, ed: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 25: Advanced Methods in Protein Sequence Determination. New York, NY: Springer Verlag; 1977:55 67.
- Katzav A, Solodeev I, Brodsky O, et al. Induction of autoimmune depression in mice by anti-ribosomal P antibodies via the limbic system. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56:938-948.
- Katzav A, Ben-Ziv T, Chapman J, Blank M, Reichlin M, Shoenfeld Y. Anti-P ribosomal antibodies induce defect in smell capability in a model of CNS-SLE (depression). J Autoimmun. 2008;31:393-398.
