Arnold E. Reif Explained

Arnold E. Reif (July 15, 1924 in Vienna, Austria - June 14, 2018) was an American academic^[1] who made early contributions to cancer research.^[2]

Reif is best known for his 1964 discovery^[3] of the first T cell marker, an antigen he later named Thy-1.^{[4] [5]} His Google Scholar H-index^[6] is 25.He is the author of 119 publications.

Books

• Immunity and Cancer in Man: An introduction (Immunology series), Dekker, New York, NY, 1975.^[7]
• Immunity to Cancer, (with M. S. Mitchell), Academic Press, Orlando, FL, 2012.^[8]
• Fighting Smoking: And other causes of lung cancer, Tate Publishing, Mustang, Oklahoma, 2016.

Notes and References

1. Book: American Men & Women of Science: Q-S - Page 12. 2003. Thomson Gale. 978-0787665234. 121. 21.
2. Web site: Arnold E. Reif . The Wellesley Townsman . 1 May 2020.
3. Reif A., Allen J. . The AKR thymic antigen and its distribution in leukemias and nervous tissue . J. Exp. Med. . 120 . 413–433 . 1964 . 10.1084/jem.120.3.413 . 14207060 . 2137766 . 3 .
4. Web site: Cell surface antigen Thy-1 : immunology, neurology, and therapeutic applications / edited by Arnold E. Reif, Michael Schlesinger - Trove. 2021-09-13. trove.nla.gov.au.
5. Reif A., Allen J. . Mouse Thymic Iso-antigens . Nature . 209 . 521–523 . 1966 . 10.1038/209521b0 . 5022 . 5919593 . 12900170 .
6. [h-index]
7. Web site: Immunity and cancer in man : an introduction / edited by Arnold E. Reif. - Trove. 2021-09-13. trove.nla.gov.au.
8. Web site: Immunity to cancer / edited by Arnold E. Reif, Malcolm S. Mitchell - Trove. 2021-09-13. trove.nla.gov.au.