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Dr. Rosol

Thomas J. Rosol, DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP

Professor, Veterinary Biosciences

Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Research for Technology Licensing & Commercialization


Veterinary Medicine Administration
The Ohio State University
307 Goss Lab
1925 Coffey Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Phone: (614) 292-4265
Fax: (614) 292-3544
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Education and Speciality Training

  • Diplomate,American College of Veterinary Pathologists-Anatomic Pathology, 1987
  • PhD, Ohio State University, Veterinary Pathobiology, 1986
  • DVM, University of Illinois (Valedictorian, 1st of 86 students), 1981
  • BS, University of Illinois, Agricultural Science (highest honors), 1978

Research Interests

  • Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein (PTHrP):
    • Pathogenesis in humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy
    • Regulation in normal and neoplastic keratinocytes
    • Regulation in lactation and mammary carcinomas
    • Development of a Cre/LoxP Mammary Gland Specific "Knock-Out" Transgenic Mice
    • Regulation of mRNA expression and stability by transforming growth factor-beta
    • Role in cancer metastases in bone
    • Role in bone resorption associated with Human T-Lymphotropic-I Virus infection and canine lymphoma
    • Regulation of PTHrP mRNA expression by Tax and HTLV-1 virus
  • Animal Models of Human Disease:
    • Paraneoplastic Syndromes
    • Endocrinology
    • Bone Disease, Bone Remodeling, Bone Metastasis
    • Prostate Cancer and Osteoblastic Metastasis
    • Breast, Lung, and Head & Neck Cancer and Osteolytic Bone Metastasis
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Columbus, OH 43210
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Columbus, OH 43210
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