Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine

ABOUT

Rodolfo Niño-Fong, DVM, MSC, PhD

Associate Professor

Email: Rodolfo.NinoFong@liu.edu

Dr. Rodolfo Nino-Fong received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1985 from the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico. After one year of private practice, he joined the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Nuevo Leon as a research associate in the Clostridial Vaccine Laboratory. He continued his academic career as a lecturer from 1989 to 1992 and Associate Professor from 1992 to 1999. He earned a Master of Sciences in Immunology from the University of Nuevo Leon in 1998 and a PhD from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 2004.

Dr. Nino-Fong was a post-doctoral fellow, research associate and seasonal lecturer of Anatomy and Physiology at Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Dr. Nino-Fong was a member of the Comparative Orthopedic Research Laboratory at AVC from 2009 to 2014. He studied the potential use of equine and canine mesenchymal stem cells as a cell-based therapy. In 2014, Dr Nino Fong joined Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine as Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Immunology, and was promoted to Associate Professor in December 2017. Dr. Nino Fong teaching experience includes Veterinary Immunology, Anatomy, Bacteriology, and Principles of Infectious Diseases. He has served as course director of Immunology and Case Base studies. His research interest is immunomodulation of the immune response mediated by cytokines and the potential use of stem cell as cell-based therapy in veterinary medicine.

Publications - (selected manuscripts)

Journals: Peer-Reviewed
  • Nino-Fong, R.; Esparza Gonzalez BP; Rodriguez-Lecompte, JC; Montelpare, W; McDuffee, LA Development of a biologically immortalized equine stem cell line (2021). Can J of Vet Res. October; 85 (4): 293-301.
  • Gomez DE, Rodriguez-Lecompte JC; Lofstedt J, Arroyo LG, Nino-Fong R, McClure,JT. Detection of endotoxin in plasma of hospitalized diarrheic calves. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 29: 166-172, 2019.
  • Adams, RA., Gilbert, GE., Buckley, LA., Nino Fong, R, Fuentealba, IC, Little, EL. A Method for Functional Task Alignment Analysis of an Arthrocentesis Simulator Simul Healthcare. 2018 May 16. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000313, 2018.
  • Nino-Fong R.; Esparza Gonzalez BP; Aburto E, Desmarchelier M, Rodriguez-Lecompte JC, McDuffee LA. Evaluation of two populations of equine stem cells in promotion of bone healing in a nude rat fracture model. J. Veterinary Science Research 5 (1) pp 033, 2018.
  • Nino-Fong R; Esparza Gonzalez BP; Aburto E, McDuffee, LA. In vivo comparison of the osteogenic properties of equine mesenchymal stem cells from periosteum, muscle, and bone marrow with and without demineralized bone matrix. J. Veterinary Science Research, 4(1) p25, 2017.
  • Ivovic AA, Oprescu I, Koulajian K, Mori Y, Eversley JA, Zhang L, Nino-Fong R, Lewis GF, Donath MY, Karin M, M. Wheeler MB, Ehses J, Volchuk A, Chan CB, Giacca A. IKKbeta inhibition prevents fat-induced beta cell dysfunction in vitro and in vivo in rodents. Diabetologia 60(10): 2021-2032, 2017.
  • Rink E; Khul J, Aurich, French H, Nino-Fong R, Watson E, Donadeu FX. Expression of mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) markers in the equine endometrium and in vitro influence of steroids hormones on endometrial-derived MSC. Reproduction, Fertility and Development Vol 29 (1) pp 206(Abstract), 2016.
  • Radtke CL, Nino-Fong R, Rodriguez-Lecompte JC, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Stryhn H, McDuffee, LA. Osteogenic Potential of Sorted Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cell Subpopulations. Can J Vet Res Vol 79 (2) pp 101- 108, 2015.
  • Radtke CL, Nino-Fong R, Esparza Gonzalez BP, McDuffee, LA. Application of a novel sorting system for equine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Can J Vet Res 78 (4): pp290-296, 2014.
  • McDuffee LA, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Nino-Fong R, Aburto E. Evaluation of an in vivo heterotopic model of osteogenic differentiation of equine bone marrow and muscle mesenchymal stem cells in fibrin glue scaffold. Cell Tissue Res. Vol. 355 (2) pp327-335, 2013
  • Radtke CL, Nino-Fong R, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Henrik S., McDuffee, L.A. Characterization and Osteogenic Potential of Equine Muscle Tissue and Periosteal Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Comparison with Bone Marrow and Fat Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Am J Vet Res Vol 74 (5) pp790-800, 2013.
  • Nino-Fong R, McDuffee LA, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Kumar MR, Merschrod SEF, Poduska KM. Scaffold Effects on Osteogenic Differentiation of Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An In Vitro Comparative Study. Macromol. Biosc. Online publication http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201200355, 2012.
  • Agatha HK, McDuffee LA, Masaoud E, Bailey TR; Esparza Gonzalez; BP, Nino Fong R. Characterization, and In Vitro Proliferation of Canine Bone Marrow, Adipose Tissue, Muscle, and Periosteum-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Am J of Veterinary Research Vol 73 (8) pp 1305-1317, 2011.
  • Nino FR, Fatehi-Hassanabad Z, Lee SC, Lu H, Wheeler MB, Chan C. Uncoupling protein-2 knockout increases nitric oxide production and TNFAIP3 pathway activation in pancreatic islets, J.Mol.Endocrinol Vol 46 (3)pp139-204, 2011.
  • Saleh MC, Fatehi-Hassanabad Z, Wang R, Nino-Fong R, Wadowska DW, Wright GM, Harper ME, Chan CB, Mutated ATP synthase induces oxidative stress and impaired insulin secretion in beta-cells of female BHE/cdb rats, Diabetes Metab Res.Rev. 24: 392-403, 2008.
  • Nino-Fong R,. Johnston JB. Poxvirus-basd vaccine platforms: getting at those hard-to-reach places. (2008). Future Virology, 3 (2) 99-103.
  • Nino-Fong R, Collins T, Chan C. Nutrigenomics, beta-cell function and type 2 diabetes, Curr.Genomics 8: 1-29, 2007.
  • Esparza Gonzalez BP, Nino-Fong R, Fuentealba IC, Cherian MG. Zinc supplementation decreases hepatic Cu accumulation. A model of Wilson’s disease. Biol Trace Elem Res Vol 105: 117 – 134, 2005.
  • Rodriguez-Lecompte JC, Nino-Fong R, Lopez A, Markham RJF, Kibenge F.S.B. Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) induces apoptosis in chicken B cells. Comp. Immunol. Microbiol. Infect Dis. 28: 321-337, 2005.
  • Nino-Fong R, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Fuentealba IC, Cherian MG. Role of tumor necrosis factor- in the development of spontaneous hepatic toxicity in Long Evans Cinnamon (LEC) rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 200: 121–130. 2004.
  • Nevarez Garza AM, Ramirez Romero R, Nino-Fong R, Rodriguez Tovar LE, Ramirez Bon E. Cryptosporidium identification in pigs with enteritis. Vet. Mex. 28: 231-234, 1997.
  • Nevarez Garza AM, Cerda Armijo CE, Rodriguez Tovar LE, Nino-Fong R, Ramirez Romero R. Wet weight of diabetic rabbit lungs under a transthoraxic challenge with Klebsiella pneumoniae lipopolysaccharide. Vet. Mex. 28: 247-250, 1997.