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Overview

Umberto Volta is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with a significant concentration in Gastroenterology and related subfields such as Epidemiology, Surgery, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Genetics.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications in well-regarded venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Gut
  • Gastroenterology
  • Digestive and Liver Disease
  • PubMed
  • Nutrients

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Umberto Volta are:

  • "Effect of Gluten-Free Diet on Gut Microbiota Composition in Patients with Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten/Wheat Sensitivity" (2020), published in Nutrients
  • "Accuracy of a no-biopsy approach for the diagnosis of coeliac disease across different adult cohorts" (2020), published in Gut
  • "Serum zonulin and its diagnostic performance in non-coeliac gluten sensitivity" (2020), published in Gut
  • "Mast cell-nerve interactions correlate with bloating and abdominal pain severity in patients with non-celiac gluten / wheat sensitivity" (2020), published in Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • "Subclass Profile of IgG Antibody Response to Gluten Differentiates Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity From Celiac Disease" (2020), published in Gastroenterology

The main topics addressed by their research include:

  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include:

  • Giacomo Caio
  • Roberto De Giorgio
  • Antonio Carroccio
  • Vincenzo Stanghellini
  • Pasquale Mansueto

Umberto Volta's scholarly contributions demonstrate a concentrated effort on gastrointestinal diseases, particularly those related to gluten sensitivity and celiac disease. The spread of publications across different journals reflects an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing clinical diagnosis, immunological responses, and gastrointestinal motility disorders.

Best Publications

  • IDENTIFICATION OF TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE AS THE AUTOANTIGEN OF CELIAC DISEASE

    Walburga Dieterich;Tobias Ehnis;Michael Bauer;Peter Donner

  • Spectrum of gluten-related disorders: consensus on new nomenclature and classification

    Anna Sapone;Anna Sapone;Julio C Bai;Carolina Ciacci;Jernej Dolinsek

  • Celiac disease: a comprehensive current review

    Giacomo Caio;Giacomo Caio;Umberto Volta;Anna Sapone;Anna Sapone;Daniel A. Leffler;Daniel A. Leffler

  • Autoantibodies to tissue transglutaminase as predictors of celiac disease

    Walburga Dieterich;Walburga Dieterich;Eberhardt Laag;Heike Schöpper;Heike Schöpper;Umberto Volta

  • Mortality in patients with coeliac disease and their relatives: a cohort study

    Giovanni Corrao;Gino Roberto Corazza;Vincenzo Bagnardi;Giovanna Brusco

  • European Society for the Study of Coeliac Disease (ESsCD) guideline for coeliac disease and other gluten-related disorders.

    Abdulbaqi Al-Toma;Umberto Volta;Renata Auricchio;Gemma Castillejo

  • A prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to establish a safe gluten threshold for patients with celiac disease

    Carlo Catassi;Elisabetta Fabiani;Giuseppe Iacono;Cinzia D'Agate

  • Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity: The New Frontier of Gluten Related Disorders

    Carlo Catassi;Julio C. Bai;Bruno Bonaz;Gerd Bouma

  • Diagnosis of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS): The Salerno Experts’ Criteria

    Carlo Catassi;Luca Elli;Bruno Bonaz;Gerd Bouma

  • Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Celiac Disease

    Carlo Catassi;Elisabetta Fabiani;Giovanni Corrao;Maria Barbato

  • Type 2 autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis C virus infection.

    M. Lenzi;G. Ballardini;M. Fusconi;F. Cassani

  • An Italian prospective multicenter survey on patients suspected of having non-celiac gluten sensitivity

    Umberto Volta;Maria Teresa Bardella;Antonino Calabrò;Riccardo Troncone

  • Serological tests in gluten sensitivity (nonceliac gluten intolerance).

    Umberto Volta;Francesco Tovoli;Ronny Cicola;Claudia Parisi

  • Coeliac disease hidden by cryptogenic hypertransaminasaemia.

    Umberto Volta;Lucia De Franceschi;Federico Lari;Nicolino Molinaro

  • Antiendomysial and antihuman recombinant tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the diagnosis of coeliac disease: a biopsy-proven European multicentre study.

    Pekka Collin;Katri Kaukinen;Harald Vogelsang;Ilma Korponay-Szabo

  • Genome search in celiac disease

    Luigi Greco;Gino Corazza;Marie Claude Babron;Fabienne Clot

  • Intestinal cell damage and systemic immune activation in individuals reporting sensitivity to wheat in the absence of coeliac disease

    Melanie Uhde;Mary Ajamian;Giacomo Caio;Roberto De Giorgio

  • Sensitivity to wheat, gluten and FODMAPs in IBS: facts or fiction?

    Roberto De Giorgio;Umberto Volta;Peter R Gibson

  • Prevalence of thyroid disorders in untreated adult celiac disease patients and effect of gluten withdrawal: an Italian multicenter study.

    C Sategna-Guidetti;U Volta;C Ciacci;P Usai

  • Antiendomysial and antihuman recombinant tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the diagnosis of coeliac disease

    Pekka Collin;Katri Kaukinen;Harald Vogelsang;Ilma Rita Korponay-Szabó

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco B. Bianchi
Francesco B. Bianchi University of Bologna
Vincenzo Stanghellini
Vincenzo Stanghellini University of Bologna
Gino Roberto Corazza
Gino Roberto Corazza University of Pavia
Fabio Cassani
Fabio Cassani University of Bologna
Giovanni Barbara
Giovanni Barbara University of Bologna
Carlo Catassi
Carlo Catassi Marche Polytechnic University
Luigi Muratori
Luigi Muratori University of Bologna
Catherine Klersy
Catherine Klersy University of Pavia
Mohammad Reza Zali
Mohammad Reza Zali Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Marco Lenzi
Marco Lenzi University of Bologna

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