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Overview

Catia Sternini is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields including Surgery, Gastroenterology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics of their work cover gastrointestinal motility and disorders, neuropeptides and animal physiology, diet and metabolism studies, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, olfactory and sensory function studies, advanced chemical sensor technologies, and intestinal malrotation and obstruction disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Sternini include Gastroenterology, Cell and Tissue Research, The FASEB Journal, Physiology, and Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Bitter taste receptors as sensors of gut luminal contents, 2024, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Enteric Neuromyopathies: Highlights on Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, 2022, Biomolecules
  • NIH Workshop Report: sensory nutrition and disease, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Quantitative analysis of enteric neurons containing choline acetyltransferase and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivities in the submucosal and myenteric plexuses of the porcine colon, 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • Evidence of enteric angiopathy and neuromuscular hypoxia in patients with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy, 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Their frequent co-authors include Roberto De Giorgio, Maurizio Mazzoni, Paolo Clavenzani, Luis Cabanillas, and Filippo Caremoli, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts in related areas.

Best Publications

  • Enteroendocrine cells: a site of 'taste' in gastrointestinal chemosensing.

    Catia Sternini;Laura Anselmi;Enrique Rozengurt

  • Distribution and characterization of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the digestive system of normal and capsaicin-treated rats

    C. Sternini;J.R. Reeve;N. Brecha

  • Differential expression of two vesicular monoamine transporters

    D Peter;Y Liu;C Sternini;R de Giorgio

  • Agonist-selective endocytosis of mu opioid receptor by neurons in vivo.

    C Sternini;M Spann;B Anton;D E Keith

  • Colocalization of the α-subunit of gustducin with PYY and GLP-1 in L cells of human colon

    Nora Rozengurt;S. Vincent Wu;Monica C. Chen;Carlos Huang

  • Enteroendocrine cells: a review of their role in brain–gut communication

    R. Latorre;C. Sternini;R. De Giorgio;B. Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Peripheral patterns of calcitonin-gene-related peptide general somatic sensory innervation: Cutaneous and deep terminations

    Lawrence Kruger;James D. Silverman;Patrick W. Mantyh;Catia Sternini

  • A novel α subunit in rat brain GABAA receptors

    Michel Khrestchatisky;A.John MacLennan;Ming-Yi Chiang;Wentao Xu

  • The opioid system in the gastrointestinal tract.

    C. Sternini;S. Patierno;S. Patierno;I. S. Selmer;A. Kirchgessner

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the rat central nervous system: patterns of immunoreactivity and receptor binding sites

    Lawrence Kruger;Patrick W. Mantyh;Catia Sternini;Nicholas C. Brecha

  • Taste receptor signaling in the mammalian gut

    Enrique Rozengurt;Catia Sternini

  • Distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in relation to the rat central somatosensory projection.

    Lawrence Kruger;Catia Sternini;Nicholas C. Brecha;Patrick W. Mantyh

  • Localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in neurons of the rat gastrointestinal tract

    J.R. Clague;J.R. Clague;C. Sternini;C. Sternini;N.C. Brecha;N.C. Brecha

  • Cellular sites of expression of the neurokinin-1 receptor in the rat gastrointestinal tract.

    Catia Sternini;Catia Sternini;Dennis Su;Patrick D. Gamp;Nigel W. Bunnett

  • Expression of 5-HT3 receptors in the rat gastrointestinal tract

    Jörg Glatzle;Jörg Glatzle;Catia Sternini;Carla Robin;Tilman T. Zittel

  • Expression of 5-HT3 receptors by extrinsic duodenal afferents contribute to intestinal inhibition of gastric emptying.

    Helen E. Raybould;Jorg Glatzle;Carla Robin;James H. Meyer

  • Immunocytochemical identification of islet cells and nerve fibers containing calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in the rat pancreas.

    C. Sternini;C. Sternini;C. Sternini;N. Brecha;N. Brecha;N. Brecha

  • Taste Receptors in the Gastrointestinal Tract. IV. Functional implications of bitter taste receptors in gastrointestinal chemosensing

    Catia Sternini

  • Somatostatin 2A receptor is expressed by enteric neurons, and by interstitial cells of Cajal and enterochromaffin‐like cells of the gastrointestinal tract

    Catia Sternini;Catia Sternini;Helen Wong;S. Vincent Wu;S. Vincent Wu;Roberto de Georgio;Roberto de Georgio

  • Independent cellular and ontogenetic expression of mRNAS encoding three α polypeptides of the rat GABAA receptor

    A.J. MacLennan;N. Brecha;M. Khrestchatisky;C. Sternini;C. Sternini

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the biliary pathway and liver of the guinea-pig: distribution and colocalization with substance P.

    L. E. Goehler;C. Sternini;C. Sternini;N. C. Brecha;N. C. Brecha

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas C. Brecha
Nicholas C. Brecha University of California, Los Angeles
Paolo Bosi
Paolo Bosi University of Bologna
Linda Rinaman
Linda Rinaman Florida State University
Lisa E. Goehler
Lisa E. Goehler University of Virginia
Robert H. Edwards
Robert H. Edwards University of California, San Francisco
Federico Sirri
Federico Sirri University of Bologna
Valerio Carelli
Valerio Carelli University of Bologna
Richard W. Olsen
Richard W. Olsen University of California, Los Angeles
Claire Murphy
Claire Murphy San Diego State University

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