Belen Rabaglino

Assistant Professor
Farm Animal Health
m.b.rabaglino@uu.nl

Publications

2026

Scholarly publications

Seekford, Z. K., Tariq, A., Haimon, M. L. J., Hoorn, Q. A., Macay, G. A., Zhai, Y., Block, J., Rabaglino, M. B., Jeong, K. C., Hansen, P. J., & Bromfield, J. J. (2026). Induced Uterine Infection Alters Bovine Endometrial Function and Embryonic Competence. Reproduction. Advance online publication. [DOI]

2025

Scholarly publications

Absalon-Medina, V. A., Sala, R. V., Pereira, D. C., Fricke, V. C., Devkota, I., Bonomo, Z. L., Fuego, D. M., McDonald, M., Sánchez, J. M., Rabaglino, M. B., Matsakas, A., Vourekas, A., Fu, X., Rivera, R. M., Lonergan, P., Ross, P. J., & Simintiras, C. A. (2025). Amniotic fluid metabolic biomarkers of fetal physiology and pregnancy success. Biology of Reproduction, Article ioaf236. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Thompson, L., Van Helvoort, P. G., Duijn, M., Reinders, D. D., Murphy, E. M., McDonald, M., Crowe, A. D., Butler, S. T., Lonergan, P., & Rabaglino, M. B. (2025). The Maternal Blood Transcriptome Reflects Changes in Fetal Growth and Is an Accurate Predictor of Birth Weight in Cattle. FASEB Journal, 39(21), 1-14. Article e71201. [DOI] [Portal]
Thompson, L., Crowe, A. D., Rabaglino, M. B., Butler, S. T., & Lonergan, P. (2025). Sex-related changes in liver and muscle transcriptome of calves derived from artificial insemination or the transfer of an in vitro-produced embryo†. Biology of Reproduction, 113(6), 1390-1403. [DOI] [Portal]
D'Augero, J. M., Latorraca, L. B., Rabagalino, M. B., De Guevara, M. L., & Fair, T. (2025). Nuclear Progesterone Receptor Expression, Localization and Function During Bovine Oocyte Growth. Reproduction, 170(2), Article e250080. [DOI] [Portal]
Behrens, T., Balasubramanian, J., Ivask, M., Nõmm, M., Kavak, A., Secher, J. B.-M., Kadarmideen, H. N., & Rabaglino, M. B. (2025). In vitro processes alter the embryonic disc epigenome and transcriptome in the pre-implantation elongated bovine embryo. Biology of Reproduction, Article ioaf095. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Dey, P., Monferini, N., Donadini, L., Zambelli, F., Rabaglino, M. B., Lodde, V., Franciosi, F., & Luciano, A. M. (2025). Early signaling pathways during in vitro culture of isolated primordial follicles. Molecular Human Reproduction, 31(3), Article gaaf026. [DOI] [Portal]
Talukder, A. K., Naib, A. A., Mamo, S., Thompson, L., Ferst, J. G., Rabaglino, M. B., Browne, J. A., Fair, T., & Lonergan, P. (2025). Specificity protein 1 (SP1) plays an essential role in early bovine embryo development. Theriogenology, 242, Article 117455. [DOI] [Portal]
Cuellar, C. J., Ismail, E. A., Haimon, M. L., Hoorn, Q. A., Yu, F., Rabaglino, M. B., & Hansen, P. J. (2025). Interactions between type of culture medium and addition of serum on development and gene expression of bovine blastocysts produced in vitro. Physiological Genomics, 57(4), 256-265. [DOI] [Portal]
Altman, M. D., Mathews, A. T., Rabaglino, M. B., Hovey, R. C., & Denicol, A. C. (2025). Canonical prolactin signaling and global mRNA expression in the skin of Holstein heifers carrying the SLICK1 allele of the prolactin receptor gene. Journal of Dairy Science, 108(4), 4422-4434. [DOI] [Portal]
Maldonado, M. B. C., Rabaglino, M. B., Cannon, G. H., & Hansen, P. J. (2025). Effects of endometrial embryokines on the preimplantation bovine embryo to create a gene expression signature consistent with a high competence phenotype. Biology of Reproduction, 112(3), 447-457. [DOI] [Portal]

2024

Scholarly publications

van Rumpt, M., & Rabaglino, B. (2024). The role of machine learning in decoding the molecular complexity of bovine pregnancy: a review. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 37, 1-13. Article RD24141. [DOI] [Portal]
Stokholm, M. N., Rabaglino, M. B., & Kadarmideen, H. N. (2024). Gedi: An R Package for Integration of Transcriptomic Data from Multiple Platforms for Bioinformatics Applications. Current Protocols, 4(10), Article e70046. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., & Hansen, P. J. (2024). Development of a formula for scoring competence of bovine embryos to sustain pregnancy. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 39, Article 101772. [DOI] [Portal]
Sánchez, J. M., Rabaglino, B., Bagés-Arnal, S., McDonald, M., Behura, S. K., Spencer, T. E., Lonergan, P., & Fernandez-Fuertes, B. (2024). Sperm exposure to accessory gland secretions alters the transcriptomic response of the endometrium in cattle. Theriogenology, 218, 26-34. [DOI]
Hoorn, QA., Rabaglino, MB., Amaral, TF., Maia, TS., Yu, FH., Cole, JB., & Hansen, PJ. (2024). Machine learning to identify endometrial biomarkers predictive of pregnancy success following artificial insemination in dairy cows. Biology of Reproduction, 111(1), 54-62. [DOI] [Portal]
Latorraca, L. B., Galvão, A., Rabaglino, M. B., D’Augero, J. M., Kelsey, G., & Fair, T. (2024). Single-cell profiling reveals transcriptome dynamics during bovine oocyte growth. BMC Genomics, 25(1), Article 335. [DOI] [Repository]
Crowe, A. D., Sánchez, J. M., Moore, S. G., McDonald, M., Rodrigues, R., Morales, M. F., de Freitas, L. O., Randi, F., Furlong, J., Browne, J. A., Rabaglino, M. B., Lonergan, P., & Butler, S. T. (2024). Fertility in seasonal-calving pasture-based lactating dairy cows following timed artificial insemination or timed embryo transfer with fresh or frozen in vitro produced embryos. Journal of Dairy Science, 107(3), 1788-1804. [DOI]

2023

Scholarly publications

Rabaglino, M. B., Sánchez, J. M., Mc Donald, M., Crowe, M. A., O'Callaghan, E., & Lonergan, P. (2023). Transfer of bovine embryos into a uterus primed with high progesterone concentrations positively impacts fetal development at 42 days of gestation. Theriogenology, 200, 25-32. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Salilew-Wondim, D., Zolini, A., Tesfaye, D., Hoelker, M., Lonergan, P., & Hansen, P. J. (2023). Machine-learning methods applied to integrated transcriptomic data from bovine blastocysts and elongating conceptuses to identify genes predictive of embryonic competence. FASEB Journal, 37(3), Article e22809. [DOI] [Repository]
Fiorimanti, M. R., Cristofolini, A. L., Rabaglino, M. B., Moreira-Espinoza, M. J., Grosso, M. C., Barbeito, C. G., & Merkis, C. I. (2023). Vascular characterization and morphogenesis in porcine placenta at day 40 of gestation. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 58(6), 840-850. [DOI]
Talukder, A. K., Rabaglino, M. B., Browne, J. A., Charpigny, G., & Lonergan, P. (2023). Dose- and time-dependent effects of interferon tau on bovine endometrial gene expression. Theriogenology, 211, 1-10. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Sánchez, J. M., McDonald, M., O'Callaghan, E., & Lonergan, P. (2023). Maternal blood transcriptome as a sensor of fetal organ maturation at the end of organogenesis in cattle†. Biology of Reproduction, 109(5), 749-758. [DOI] [Repository]
Rabaglino, M. B. (2023). Review: Overview of the transcriptomic landscape in bovine blastocysts and elongated conceptuses driving developmental competence. Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience, 17, Article 100733. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Forde, N., Besenfelder, U., Havlicek, V., Blum, H., Graf, A., Wolf, E., & Lonergan, P. (2023). Maternal metabolic status and in-vitro culture conditions during embryonic genome activation deregulate the expression of energy-related genes in the bovine 16-cells embryo. PLoS One, 18(8), Article e0290689. [DOI]
Hoorn, Q., Rabaglino, M. B., Maia, T. S., Sagheer, M., Fuego, D., Jiang, Z., & Hansen, P. J. (2023). Transcriptomic Profiling of the Bovine Endosalpinx and Endometrium to Identify Putative Embryokines. Physiological Genomics, 55(11), 557-564. [DOI]

2022

Scholarly publications

Pedroza, G. H., Lanzon, L. F., Rabaglino, M. B., Walker, W. L., Vahmani, P., & Denicol, A. C. (2022). Exposure to non-esterified fatty acids in vitro results in changes in the ovarian and follicular environment in cattle. Animal Reproduction Science, 238, Article 106937. [DOI]
Fiorimanti, M. R., Cristofolini, A. L., Moreira-Espinoza, M. J., Rabaglino, M. B., Barbeito, C. G., & Merkis, C. I. (2022). Placental vascularization in middle and late gestation in the pig. Reproduction & fertility, 3(1), 57-66. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Secher, J. B.-M., Hyttel, P., & Kadarmideen, H. N. (2022). In vitro- and in vivo-produced male dairy calves show molecular differences in the hepatic and muscular energy regulation†. Biology of Reproduction, 107(4), 1113-1124. [DOI]
O'Callaghan, E., Sánchez, J. M., Rabaglino, M. B., McDonald, M., Liu, H., Spencer, T. E., Fair, S., Kenny, D. A., & Lonergan, P. (2022). Influence of sire fertility status on conceptus-induced transcriptomic response of the bovine endometrium. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10, 1-16. Article 950443. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Le Danvic, C., Schibler, L., Kupisiewicz, K., Perrier, J. P., O'Meara, C. M., Kenny, D. A., Fair, S., & Lonergan, P. (2022). Identification of sperm proteins as biomarkers of field fertility in Holstein-Friesian bulls used for artificial insemination. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(12), 10033-10046. [DOI]

2021

Scholarly publications

Madoz, L. V., Rabaglino, M. B., Migliorisi, A. L., Jaureguiberry, M., Perez Wallace, S., Lorenti, N., Domínguez, G., Giuliodori, M. J., & de la Sota, R. L. (2021). Association between progesterone concentration and endometrial gene expression in dairy cows. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 74, Article 106481. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Moreira-Espinoza, M. J., Lagares, C., Garay, M. I., Quiroga, P., Pasqualini, M. E., Francini, F., & Beltramo, D. (2021). Maternal intake of alpha-lipoic acid prevents development of symptoms associated with a fructose-rich diet in the male offspring in Wistar rats. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 12(5), 758-767. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., O'Doherty, A., Bojsen-Møller Secher, J., Lonergan, P., Hyttel, P., Fair, T., & Kadarmideen, H. N. (2021). Application of multi-omics data integration and machine learning approaches to identify epigenetic and transcriptomic differences between in vitro and in vivo produced bovine embryos. PLoS One, 16(5), Article e0252096. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Bojsen-Møller Secher, J., Sirard, M.-A., Hyttel, P., & Kadarmideen, H. N. (2021). Epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal early activation of the HPG axis in in vitro-produced male dairy calves. FASEB Journal, 35(10), Article e21882. [DOI]
Estrada-Cortés, E., Ortiz, W., Rabaglino, M. B., Block, J., Rae, O., Jannaman, E. A., Xiao, Y., & Hansen, P. J. (2021). Choline acts during preimplantation development of the bovine embryo to program postnatal growth and alter muscle DNA methylation. FASEB Journal, 35(10), Article 21926. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Wakabayashi, M., Pearson, J. T., & Jensen, L. J. (2021). Effect of age on the vascular proteome in middle cerebral arteries and mesenteric resistance arteries in mice. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 200, Article 111594. [DOI]

2020

Scholarly publications

Mazzoni, G., Pedersen, H. S., Rabaglino, M. B., Hyttel, P., Callesen, H., & Kadarmideen, H. N. (2020). Characterization of the Endometrial Transcriptome in Early Diestrus Influencing Pregnancy Establishment in Dairy Cattle after Transfer of In-Vitro Produced Embryos. bioRxiv. [DOI]
Zolini, A. M., Block, J., Rabaglino, M. B., Tríbulo, P., Hoelker, M., Rincon, G., Bromfield, J. J., & Hansen, P. J. (2020). Molecular fingerprint of female bovine embryos produced in vitro with high competence to establish and maintain pregnancy†. Biology of Reproduction, 102(2), 292-305. [DOI]
Mazzoni, G., Pedersen, H. S., Rabaglino, M. B., Hyttel, P., Callesen, H., & Kadarmideen, H. N. (2020). Characterization of the endometrial transcriptome in early diestrus influencing pregnancy status in dairy cattle after transfer of in vitro-produced embryos. Physiological Genomics, 52(7), 269-279. [DOI]
Zolini, A. M., Block, J., Rabaglino, M. B., Rincon, G., Hoelker, M., Bromfield, J. J., Salilew-Wondim, D., & Hansen, P. J. (2020). Genes associated with survival of female bovine blastocysts produced in vivo. Cell and Tissue Research, 382(3), 665-678. [DOI]
Candelaria, J. I., Rabaglino, M. B., & Denicol, A. C. (2020). Ovarian preantral follicles are responsive to FSH as early as the primary stage of development. The Journal of endocrinology, 247(2), 153-168. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., & Kadarmideen, H. N. (2020). Machine learning approach to integrated endometrial transcriptomic datasets reveals biomarkers predicting uterine receptivity in cattle at seven days after estrous. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 16981. [DOI]
Jaureguiberry, M., Madoz, L. V., Quintana, S., Marín, M., Burucúa, M., Tizzano, M., Rabaglino, B., Rearte, R., Pecoraro, M. Í., & de la Sota, R. L. (2020). Endometrial expression of key genes related to fertility in repeat breeder and non-repeat breeder cows. Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene, 55(11), 1660-1664. [DOI]

2019

Scholarly publications

Chang, E. I., Zarate, M. A., Arndt, T. J., Richards, E. M., Rabaglino, M. B., Keller-Wood, M., & Wood, C. E. (2019). Ketamine Reduces Inflammation Pathways in the Hypothalamus and Hippocampus Following Transient Hypoxia in the Late-Gestation Fetal Sheep. Frontiers in Physiology, 9, Article 1858. [DOI]
Taher, S., Borja, Y., Cabanela, L., Costers, V. J., Carson-Marino, M., Bailes, J. C., Dhar, B., Beckworth, M. T., Rabaglino, M. B., Post Uiterweer, E. D., & Conrad, K. P. (2019). Cholecystokinin, gastrin, cholecystokinin/gastrin receptors, and bitter taste receptor TAS2R14: trophoblast expression and signaling. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 316(5), R628-R639. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., & Conrad, K. P. (2019). Evidence for shared molecular pathways of dysregulated decidualization in preeclampsia and endometrial disorders revealed by microarray data integration. FASEB Journal, 33(11), 11682-11695. [DOI]
Tríbulo, P., Rabaglino, M. B., Bo, M. B., Carvalheira, L. D. R., Bishop, J. V., Hansen, T. R., & Hansen, P. J. (2019). Dickkopf-related protein 1 is a progestomedin acting on the bovine embryo during the morula-to-blastocyst transition to program trophoblast elongation. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 11816. [DOI]
Ramírez, N. D., Luque, E. M., Jones, X. M., Torres, P. J., Moreira Espinoza, M. J., Cantarelli, V., Ponzio, M. F., Arja, A., Rabaglino, M. B., & Martini, A. C. (2019). Modulatory effects of ghrelin on sperm quality alterations induced by a fructose-enriched diet. Heliyon, 5(11), Article e02886. [DOI]

2018

Scholarly publications

Hoffman, F., Boretto, E., Vitale, S., Gonzalez, V., Vidal, G., Pardo, M. F., Flores, M. F., Garcia, F., Bagnis, G., Queiroz, O. C. M., & Rabaglino, M. B. (2018). Maternal nutritional restriction during late gestation impairs development of the reproductive organs in both male and female lambs. Theriogenology, 108, 331-338. [DOI]
Fiorimanti, M. R., Rabaglino, M. B., Cristofolini, A. L., & Merkis, C. I. (2018). Immunohistochemical determination of Ang-1, Ang-2 and Tie-2 in placentas of sows at 30, 60 and 114 days of gestation and validation through a bioinformatic approach. Animal Reproduction Science, 195, 242-250. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Keller-Wood, M., & Wood, C. E. (2018). A transcriptomics model of estrogen action in the ovine fetal hypothalamus: evidence for estrogenic effects of ICI 182,780. Physiological Reports, 6(18), Article e13871. [DOI]

2017

Scholarly publications

Conrad, K. P., Rabaglino, M. B., & Post Uiterweer, E. D. (2017). Emerging role for dysregulated decidualization in the genesis of preeclampsia. Placenta, 60, 119-129. [DOI]

2016

Scholarly publications

Chang, E. I., Zárate, M. A., Rabaglino, M. B., Richards, E. M., Keller-Wood, M., & Wood, C. E. (2016). Ketamine suppresses hypoxia-induced inflammatory responses in the late-gestation ovine fetal kidney cortex. Journal of Physiology, 594(5), 1295-310. [DOI]
Wood, C. E., Chang, E. I., Richards, E. M., Rabaglino, M. B., & Keller-Wood, M. (2016). Transcriptomics Modeling of the Late-Gestation Fetal Pituitary Response to Transient Hypoxia. PLoS One, 11(2), Article e0148465. [DOI]
Chang, E. I., Zárate, M. A., Rabaglino, M. B., Richards, E. M., Arndt, T. J., Keller-Wood, M., & Wood, C. E. (2016). Ketamine decreases inflammatory and immune pathways after transient hypoxia in late gestation fetal cerebral cortex. Physiological Reports, 4(6), Article e12741. [DOI]
Sudhan, D. R., Rabaglino, M. B., Wood, C. E., & Siemann, D. W. (2016). Cathepsin L in tumor angiogenesis and its therapeutic intervention by the small molecule inhibitor KGP94. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 33(5), 461-73. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Chang, E. I., Richards, E. M., James, M. O., Keller-Wood, M., & Wood, C. E. (2016). Genomic Effect of Triclosan on the Fetal Hypothalamus: Evidence for Altered Neuropeptide Regulation. Endocrinology, 157(7), 2686-97. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Moreira-Espinoza, M. J., Lopez, J. P., Garcia, N. H., & Beltramo, D. (2016). Maternal Triclosan consumption alters the appetite regulatory network on Wistar rat offspring and predispose to metabolic syndrome in the adulthood. Endocrine Journal, 63(11), 1007-1016. [DOI]

2015

Scholarly publications

Rabaglino, M. B., Post Uiterweer, E. D., Jeyabalan, A., Hogge, W. A., & Conrad, K. P. (2015). Bioinformatics approach reveals evidence for impaired endometrial maturation before and during early pregnancy in women who developed preeclampsia. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 65(2), 421-9. [DOI]
Richards, E. M., Rabaglino, M. B., Antolic, A., Wood, C. E., & Keller-Wood, M. (2015). Patterns of gene expression in the sheep heart during the perinatal period revealed by transcriptomic modeling. Physiological Genomics, 47(9), 407-19. [DOI]

2014

Scholarly publications

Wood, C. E., Rabaglino, M. B., Richards, E., Denslow, N., Zarate, M. A., Chang, E. I., & Keller-Wood, M. (2014). Transcriptomics of the fetal hypothalamic response to brachiocephalic occlusion and estradiol treatment. Physiological Genomics, 46(14), 523-32. [DOI]
Richards, E. M., Wood, C. E., Rabaglino, M. B., Antolic, A., & Keller-Wood, M. (2014). Mechanisms for the adverse effects of late gestational increases in maternal cortisol on the heart revealed by transcriptomic analyses of the fetal septum. Physiological Genomics, 46(15), 547-59. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Keller-Wood, M., & Wood, C. E. (2014). Transcriptomics of the late gestation ovine fetal brain: modeling the co-expression of immune marker genes. BMC Genomics, 15(1), Article 1001. [DOI]

2013

Scholarly publications

Wood, C. E., Rabaglino, M. B., Chang, E. I., Denslow, N., Keller-Wood, M., & Richards, E. (2013). Genomics of the fetal hypothalamic cellular response to transient hypoxia: endocrine, immune, and metabolic responses. Physiological Genomics, 45(13), 521-7. [DOI]

2012

Scholarly publications

Rabaglino, M. B., Richards, E., Denslow, N., Keller-Wood, M., & Wood, C. E. (2012). Genomics of estradiol-3-sulfate action in the ovine fetal hypothalamus. Physiological Genomics, 44(13), 669-77. [DOI]

2011

Scholarly publications

Winikor, J., Schlaerth, C., Rabaglino, M. B., Cousins, R., Sutherland, M., & Wood, C. E. (2011). Complex actions of estradiol-3-sulfate in late gestation fetal brain. Reproductive Sciences, 18(7), 654-65. [DOI]

2010

Scholarly publications

Rabaglino, M. B., Risco, C. A., Thatcher, W. W., Kim, I. H., Santos, J. E. P., & Thatcher, W. W. (2010). Application of one injection of prostaglandin F(2alpha) in the five-day Co-Synch+CIDR protocol for estrous synchronization and resynchronization of dairy heifers. Journal of Dairy Science, 93(3), 1050-8. [DOI]
Rabaglino, M. B., Risco, C. A., Thatcher, W. W., Lima, F., Santos, J. E. P., & Thatcher, W. W. (2010). Use of a five-day progesterone-based timed AI protocol to determine if flunixin meglumine improves pregnancy per timed AI in dairy heifers. Theriogenology, 73(9), 1311-8. [DOI]