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Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez

My research focus on the interactions between the seminal fluid bearing spermatozoa with the female genital tract and the oocytes, before and during fertilization. 

Reproduction, a major sentinel of the health of animals and humans

Environmental and societal changes, including an increased stressful lifestyle, constrain reproduction; a major sentinel of the health of ecosystems, animals and humans.

My research focus on the interactions between the seminal fluid bearing spermatozoa with the female genital tract and the oocytes, before and during fertilization. This includes determining how the seminal fluid is able to signal and elicit genomic shifts in the female genitalia in relation to maternal immune tolerance to the foreign cells and proteins it contains.

My research, covering areas of comparative reproductive biology/biotechnology, andrology and cryobiology, pursues disclosure of valuable biomarkers for male fertility, of the complicated signaling system that the transcriptome and proteome of the seminal fluid is built and how they are constrained by cryopreservation.

Reinforcement of our diagnostic capacity in andrology and assisted reproductive techniques is still my leading star.

Publications

2024

A. Gonzalez-Plaza, M. Garcia-Canovas, I. Parrilla, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, M. A. Gil, E. A. Martinez, C. Cuello (2024) The Cryotop vitrification system is competent for the simultaneous cryopreservation of large numbers of pig in vitro-produced blastocysts Reproduction in domestic animals, Vol. 59, Article e14600 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Cristina A. Martinez-Serrano, Manuel Alvarez-Rodriguez, Emilio A. Martinez, Jordi Roca (2024) Reproductive physiology of the boar: What defines the potential fertility of an ejaculate? Animal Reproduction Science, Vol. 269, Article 107476 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Susanne Liffner, Marie Bladh, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Gunilla Sydsjö, Stefan Zalavary, Elizabeth Nedstrand (2024) Intravaginal exposure to seminal plasma after ovum pick-up does not increase live birth rates after in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment: a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 122, p. 131-139 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Cristina Cuello, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Josep M. Cambra, Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Inmaculada Parrilla, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Maria A. Gil, Emilio A. Martinez (2024) Vitrification of pig embryos dysregulates the microRNA transcriptome profile Theriogenology, Vol. 226, p. 243-252 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Yulia N. Cajas, Karina Canon-Beltran, Rosane Mazzarella, Carolina Nunez-Puente, Encina M. Gonzalez, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Dimitrios Rizos, Cristina A. Martinez-Serrano (2024) Nobiletin as a novel agent to enhance porcine in vitro embryo development and quality Theriogenology, Vol. 223, p. 36-46 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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Publications

2024

A. Gonzalez-Plaza, M. Garcia-Canovas, I. Parrilla, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, M. A. Gil, E. A. Martinez, C. Cuello (2024) The Cryotop vitrification system is competent for the simultaneous cryopreservation of large numbers of pig in vitro-produced blastocysts Reproduction in domestic animals, Vol. 59, Article e14600 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Cristina A. Martinez-Serrano, Manuel Alvarez-Rodriguez, Emilio A. Martinez, Jordi Roca (2024) Reproductive physiology of the boar: What defines the potential fertility of an ejaculate? Animal Reproduction Science, Vol. 269, Article 107476 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Susanne Liffner, Marie Bladh, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Gunilla Sydsjö, Stefan Zalavary, Elizabeth Nedstrand (2024) Intravaginal exposure to seminal plasma after ovum pick-up does not increase live birth rates after in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment: a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 122, p. 131-139 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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