Catia Sternini

Catia Sternini

Professor-in-Residence, Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

Professor-in-Residence, Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles

Publications

  1. Ioannou A, Costanzini A, Giancola F, Cabanillas L, Lungaro L, Manza F, Guarino M, Arena R, Caio G, Torresan F, Polydorou A, Vezakis A, Karamanolis G, Sternini C, De Giorgio R. Chronic constipation in Parkinson's disease: clinical features and molecular insights on the intestinal epithelial barrier.. Annals of gastroenterology, 2023.
  2. Mazzoni M, Cabanillas L, Costanzini A, Caremoli F, Million M, Larauche M, Clavenzani P, De Giorgio R, Sternini C. Distribution, quantification, and characterization of substance P enteric neurons in the submucosal and myenteric plexuses of the porcine colon.. Cell and tissue research, 2023.
  3. Caremoli F, Huynh J, Lagishetty V, Markovic D, Braun J, Dong TS, Jacobs JP, Sternini C. Microbiota-Dependent Upregulation of Bitter Taste Receptor Subtypes in the Mouse Large Intestine in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity.. Nutrients, 2023.
  4. Bianco F, Lattanzio G, Lorenzini L, Mazzoni M, Clavenzani P, Calzà L, Giardino L, Sternini C, Costanzini A, Bonora E, De Giorgio R. Enteric Neuromyopathies: Highlights on Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction.. Biomolecules, 2022.
  5. Bianco F, Bonora E, Lattanzio G, Clavenzani P, Guarino M, Mazzoni M, Baldassarro VA, Lorenzini L, Caio G, Stanghellini V, Sternini C, Farrugia G, Giardino L, Calzà L, De Giorgio R. Clinical and Pathological Features of Severe Gut Dysmotility.. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2022.
  6. Bianco F, Lattanzio G, Lorenzini L, Diquigiovanni C, Mazzoni M, Clavenzani P, Calzà L, Giardino L, Sternini C, Bonora E, De Giorgio R. Novel understanding on genetic mechanisms of enteric neuropathies leading to severe gut dysmotility.. European journal of histochemistry : EJH, 2021.
  7. Costanzini A, Ruzza C, Neto JA, Sturaro C, Malfacini D, Sternini C, De Giorgio R, Calò G. Pharmacological characterization of naloxegol: In vitro and in vivo studies.. European journal of pharmacology, 2021.
  8. Boschetti E, D'Angelo R, Tardio ML, Costa R, Giordano C, Accarino A, Malagelada C, Clavenzani P, Tugnoli V, Caio G, Righi V, Garone C, D'Errico A, Cenacchi G, Dotti MT, Stanghellini V, Sternini C, Pironi L, Rinaldi R, Carelli V, De Giorgio R. Evidence of enteric angiopathy and neuromuscular hypoxia in patients with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy.. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2021.
  9. Reed DR, Alhadeff AL, Beauchamp GK, Chaudhari N, Duffy VB, Dus M, Fontanini A, Glendinning JI, Green BG, Joseph PV, Kyriazis GA, Lyte M, Maruvada P, McGann JP, McLaughlin JT, Moran TH, Murphy C, Noble EE, Pepino MY, Pluznick JL, Rother KI, Saez E, Spector AC, Sternini C, Mattes RD. NIH Workshop Report: sensory nutrition and disease.. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2021.
  10. Mazzoni M, Caremoli F, Cabanillas L, de Los Santos J, Million M, Larauche M, Clavenzani P, De Giorgio R, Sternini C. Quantitative analysis of enteric neurons containing choline acetyltransferase and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivities in the submucosal and myenteric plexuses of the porcine colon.. Cell and tissue research, 2020.
  11. Boschetti E, Malagelada C, Accarino A, Malagelada JR, Cogliandro RF, Gori A, Bonora E, Giancola F, Bianco F, Tugnoli V, Clavenzani P, Azpiroz F, Stanghellini V, Sternini C, De Giorgio R. Enteric neuron density correlates with clinical features of severe gut dysmotility.. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2019.
  12. Dothel G, Chang L, Shih W, Barbaro MR, Cremon C, Stanghellini V, De Ponti F, Mayer EA, Barbara G, Sternini C. µ-opioid receptor, β-endorphin, and cannabinoid receptor-2 are increased in the colonic mucosa of irritable bowel syndrome patients.. Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2019.
  13. Boschetti E, Accarino A, Malagelada C, Malagelada JR, Cogliandro RF, Gori A, Tugnoli V, Giancola F, Bianco F, Bonora E, Clavenzani P, Volta U, Caio G, Sternini C, Stanghellini V, Azpiroz F, De Giorgio R. Gut epithelial and vascular barrier abnormalities in patients with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 2019.
  14. Mazzoni M, Karunaratne TB, Sirri F, Petracci M, De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Clavenzani P. Enteroendocrine profile of α-transducin and α-gustducin immunoreactive cells in the chicken (Gallus domesticus) gastrointestinal tract.. Poultry science, 2018.
  15. Galligan JJ, Sternini C. Insights into the Role of Opioid Receptors in the GI Tract: Experimental Evidence and Therapeutic Relevance.. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 2017.
  16. Giancola F, Torresan F, Repossi R, Bianco F, Latorre R, Ioannou A, Guarino M, Volta U, Clavenzani P, Mazzoni M, Chiocchetti R, Bazzoli F, Travagli RA, Sternini C, De Giorgio R. Downregulation of neuronal vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in Parkinson's disease and chronic constipation.. Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2016.
  17. De Giorgio R, Mazzoni M, Vallorani C, Latorre R, Bombardi C, Bacci ML, Forni M, Falconi M, Sternini C, Clavenzani P. Correction: Regulation of α-Transducin and α-Gustducin Expression by a High Protein Diet in the Pig Gastrointestinal Tract.. PloS one, 2016.
  18. Mazzoni M, Bombardi C, Vallorani C, Sirri F, De Giorgio R, Caio G, Grandis A, Sternini C, Clavenzani P. Distribution of α-transducin and α-gustducin immunoreactive cells in the chicken (Gallus domesticus) gastrointestinal tract.. Poultry science, 2016.
  19. Bianco F, Bonora E, Natarajan D, Vargiolu M, Thapar N, Torresan F, Giancola F, Boschetti E, Volta U, Bazzoli F, Mazzoni M, Seri M, Clavenzani P, Stanghellini V, Sternini C, De Giorgio R. Prucalopride exerts neuroprotection in human enteric neurons.. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2016.
  20. De Giorgio R, Mazzoni M, Vallorani C, Latorre R, Bombardi C, Bacci ML, Forni M, Falconi M, Sternini C, Clavenzani P. Regulation of α-Transducin and α-Gustducin Expression by a High Protein Diet in the Pig Gastrointestinal Tract.. PloS one, 2016.
  21. Latorre R, Huynh J, Mazzoni M, Gupta A, Bonora E, Clavenzani P, Chang L, Mayer EA, De Giorgio R, Sternini C. Expression of the Bitter Taste Receptor, T2R38, in Enteroendocrine Cells of the Colonic Mucosa of Overweight/Obese vs. Lean Subjects.. PloS one, 2016.
  22. Latorre R, Sternini C, De Giorgio R, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B. Enteroendocrine cells: a review of their role in brain-gut communication.. Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2015.
  23. Anselmi L, Huynh J, Duraffourd C, Jaramillo I, Vegezzi G, Saccani F, Boschetti E, Brecha NC, De Giorgio R, Sternini C. Activation of μ opioid receptors modulates inflammation in acute experimental colitis.. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 2015.
  24. Duraffourd C, Kumala E, Anselmi L, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Opioid-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in rat enteric neurons following chronic morphine treatment.. PloS one, 2014.
  25. Vegezzi G, Anselmi L, Huynh J, Barocelli E, Rozengurt E, Raybould H, Sternini C. Diet-induced regulation of bitter taste receptor subtypes in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.. PloS one, 2014.
  26. Sternini C. In search of a role for carbonation: is this a good or bad taste?. Gastroenterology, 2013.
  27. Latorre R, Mazzoni M, De Giorgio R, Vallorani C, Bonaldo A, Gatta PP, Corinaldesi R, Ruggeri E, Bernardini C, Chiocchetti R, Sternini C, Clavenzani P. Enteroendocrine profile of α-transducin immunoreactive cells in the gastrointestinal tract of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax).. Fish physiology and biochemistry, 2013.
  28. Anselmi L, Jaramillo I, Palacios M, Huynh J, Sternini C. Ligand-induced μ opioid receptor internalization in enteric neurons following chronic treatment with the opiate fentanyl.. Journal of neuroscience research, 2013.
  29. Mazzoni M, De Giorgio R, Latorre R, Vallorani C, Bosi P, Trevisi P, Barbara G, Stanghellini V, Corinaldesi R, Forni M, Faussone-Pellegrini MS, Sternini C, Clavenzani P. Expression and regulation of α-transducin in the pig gastrointestinal tract.. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2013.
  30. Anselmi L, Huynh J, Vegezzi G, Sternini C. Effects of methylnaltrexone on guinea pig gastrointestinal motility.. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2013.
  31. Saccani F, Anselmi L, Jaramillo I, Bertoni S, Barocelli E, Sternini C. Protective role of μ opioid receptor activation in intestinal inflammation induced by mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion in mice.. Journal of neuroscience research, 2012.
  32. Patierno S, Anselmi L, Jaramillo I, Scott D, Garcia R, Sternini C. Morphine induces μ opioid receptor endocytosis in guinea pig enteric neurons following prolonged receptor activation.. Gastroenterology, 2010.
  33. Young SH, Rey O, Sternini C, Rozengurt E. Amino acid sensing by enteroendocrine STC-1 cells: role of the Na+-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2.. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2010.
  34. Clavenzani P, De Giorgio R, Mazzoni M, Chiocchetti R, Barbara G, Costerbosa GL, Russo D, Sternini C. Expression of alpha-transducin, a chemoreceptive molecule, in endocrine and non-endocrine cells of the pig gastrointestinal tract.. Veterinary research communications, 2009.
  35. Anselmi L, Stella SL, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Galanin inhibition of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) influx in rat cultured myenteric neurons is mediated by galanin receptor 1.. Journal of neuroscience research, 2009.
  36. Hao S, Dulake M, Espero E, Sternini C, Raybould HE, Rinaman L. Central Fos expression and conditioned flavor avoidance in rats following intragastric administration of bitter taste receptor ligands.. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2008.
  37. Sternini C, Anselmi L, Rozengurt E. Enteroendocrine cells: a site of 'taste' in gastrointestinal chemosensing.. Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity, 2008.
  38. Rozengurt E, Sternini C. Taste receptor signaling in the mammalian gut.. Current opinion in pharmacology, 2007.
  39. Hao S, Sternini C, Raybould HE. Role of CCK1 and Y2 receptors in activation of hindbrain neurons induced by intragastric administration of bitter taste receptor ligands.. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2007.
  40. Kimura T, Koya RC, Anselmi L, Sternini C, Wang HJ, Comin-Anduix B, Prins RM, Faure-Kumar E, Rozengurt N, Cui Y, Kasahara N, Stripecke R. Lentiviral vectors with CMV or MHCII promoters administered in vivo: immune reactivity versus persistence of expression.. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2007.
  41. Dellabianca A, Sacchi M, Anselmi L, De Amici E, Cervio E, Agazzi A, Tonini S, Sternini C, Tonini M, Candura SM. Role of carbon monoxide in electrically induced non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic relaxations in the guinea-pig isolated whole trachea.. British journal of pharmacology, 2006.
  42. Sternini C. Taste receptors in the gastrointestinal tract. IV. Functional implications of bitter taste receptors in gastrointestinal chemosensing.. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2006.
  43. Freeman SL, Glatzle J, Robin CS, Valdellon M, Sternini C, Sharp JW, Raybould HE. Ligand-induced 5-HT3 receptor internalization in enteric neurons in rat ileum.. Gastroenterology, 2006.
  44. Cattaruzza F, Cenac N, Barocelli E, Impicciatore M, Hyun E, Vergnolle N, Sternini C. Protective effect of proteinase-activated receptor 2 activation on motility impairment and tissue damage induced by intestinal ischemia/reperfusion in rodents.. The American journal of pathology, 2006.
  45. Rozengurt N, Wu SV, Chen MC, Huang C, Sternini C, Rozengurt E. Colocalization of the alpha-subunit of gustducin with PYY and GLP-1 in L cells of human colon.. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2006.
  46. Bradesi S, Kokkotou E, Simeonidis S, Patierno S, Ennes HS, Mittal Y, McRoberts JA, Ohning G, McLean P, Marvizon JC, Sternini C, Pothoulakis C, Mayer EA. The role of neurokinin 1 receptors in the maintenance of visceral hyperalgesia induced by repeated stress in rats.. Gastroenterology, 2006.
  47. Tonini M, Vicini R, Cervio E, De Ponti F, De Giorgio R, Barbara G, Stanghellini V, Dellabianca A, Sternini C. 5-HT7 receptors modulate peristalsis and accommodation in the guinea pig ileum.. Gastroenterology, 2005.
  48. Cottrell GS, Roosterman D, Marvizon JC, Song B, Wick E, Pikios S, Wong H, Berthelier C, Tang Y, Sternini C, Bunnett NW, Grady EF. Localization of calcitonin receptor-like receptor and receptor activity modifying protein 1 in enteric neurons, dorsal root ganglia, and the spinal cord of the rat.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2005.
  49. Anselmi L, Stella SL, Lakhter A, Hirano A, Tonini M, Sternini C. Galanin receptors in the rat gastrointestinal tract.. Neuropeptides, 2005.
  50. Patierno S, Zellalem W, Ho A, Parsons CG, Lloyd KC, Tonini M, Sternini C. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors mediate endogenous opioid release in enteric neurons after abdominal surgery.. Gastroenterology, 2005.
  51. Anselmi L, Lakhter A, Hirano AA, Tonini M, Sternini C. Expression of galanin receptor messenger RNAs in different regions of the rat gastrointestinal tract.. Peptides, 2005.
  52. Anselmi L, Cervio E, Guerrini S, Vicini R, Agazzi A, Dellabianca A, Reeve JR, Tonini M, Sternini C. Identification of galanin receptor 1 on excitatory motor neurons in the guinea pig ileum.. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 2005.
  53. Lu YC, Sternini C, Rozengurt E, Zhukova E. Release of transgenic human insulin from gastric g cells: a novel approach for the amelioration of diabetes.. Endocrinology, 2005.
  54. Calcina F, Barocelli E, Bertoni S, Furukawa O, Kaunitz J, Impicciatore M, Sternini C. Effect of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor blockade on neuronal plasticity and gastrointestinal transit delay induced by ischemia/reperfusion in rats.. Neuroscience, 2005.
  55. Sternini C, Patierno S, Selmer IS, Kirchgessner A. The opioid system in the gastrointestinal tract.. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 2004.
  56. Guerrini S, Raybould HE, Anselmi L, Agazzi A, Cervio E, Reeve JR, Tonini M, Sternini C. Role of galanin receptor 1 in gastric motility in rat.. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 2004.
  57. Patierno S, Raybould HE, Sternini C. Abdominal surgery induces mu opioid receptor endocytosis in enteric neurons of the guinea-pig ileum.. Neuroscience, 2004.
  58. Sternini C, Anselmi L, Guerrini S, Cervio E, Pham T, Balestra B, Vicini R, Baiardi P, D'agostino GL, Tonini M. Role of galanin receptor 1 in peristaltic activity in the guinea pig ileum.. Neuroscience, 2004.
  59. Ho A, Lievore A, Patierno S, Kohlmeier SE, Tonini M, Sternini C. Neurochemically distinct classes of myenteric neurons express the mu-opioid receptor in the guinea pig ileum.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2003.
  60. Minnis JG, Patierno S, Kohlmeier SE, Brecha NC, Tonini M, Sternini C. Ligand-induced mu opioid receptor endocytosis and recycling in enteric neurons.. Neuroscience, 2003.
  61. Raybould HE, Glatzle J, Robin C, Meyer JH, Phan T, Wong H, Sternini C. Expression of 5-HT3 receptors by extrinsic duodenal afferents contribute to intestinal inhibition of gastric emptying.. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2002.
  62. Pham T, Guerrini S, Wong H, Reeve J, Sternini C. Distribution of galanin receptor 1 immunoreactivity in the rat stomach and small intestine.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2002.
  63. Glatzle J, Sternini C, Robin C, Zittel TT, Wong H, Reeve JR, Raybould HE. Expression of 5-HT3 receptors in the rat gastrointestinal tract.. Gastroenterology, 2002.
  64. Salvioli B, Bovara M, Barbara G, De Ponti F, Stanghellini V, Tonini M, Guerrini S, Cremon C, Degli Esposti M, Koumandou M, Corinaldesi R, Sternini C, De Giorgio R. Neurology and neuropathology of the pancreatic innervation.. JOP : Journal of the pancreas, 2002.
  65. Schmidlin F, Dery O, DeFea KO, Slice L, Patierno S, Sternini C, Grady EF, Bunnett NW. Dynamin and Rab5a-dependent trafficking and signaling of the neurokinin 1 receptor.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2001.
  66. Tonini M, Spelta V, De Ponti F, De Giorgio R, D'Agostino G, Stanghellini V, Corinaldesi R, Sternini C, Crema F. Tachykinin-dependent and -independent components of peristalsis in the guinea pig isolated distal colon.. Gastroenterology, 2001.
  67. De Giorgio R, Arakawa J, Wetmore CJ, Sternini C. Neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin receptor immunoreactivity in peptidergic enteric neurons.. Peptides, 2000.
  68. De Giorgio R, Stanghellini V, Barbara G, Corinaldesi R, De Ponti F, Tonini M, Bassotti G, Sternini C. Primary enteric neuropathies underlying gastrointestinal motor dysfunction.. Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology, 2000.
  69. Melone M, Brecha NC, Sternini C, Evans C, Conti F. Etorphine increases the number of mu-opioid receptor-positive cells in the cerebral cortex.. Neuroscience, 2000.
  70. Sternini C, Brecha NC, Minnis J, D'Agostino G, Balestra B, Fiori E, Tonini M. Role of agonist-dependent receptor internalization in the regulation of mu opioid receptors.. Neuroscience, 2000.
  71. Tonini M, De Giorgio R, De Ponti F, Sternini C, Spelta V, Dionigi P, Barbara G, Stanghellini V, Corinaldesi R. Role of nitric oxide- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-containing neurones in human gastric fundus strip relaxations.. British journal of pharmacology, 2000.
  72. Sternini C, Wong H, Pham T, De Giorgio R, Miller LJ, Kuntz SM, Reeve JR, Walsh JH, Raybould HE. Expression of cholecystokinin A receptors in neurons innervating the rat stomach and intestine.. Gastroenterology, 1999.
  73. McConalogue K, Grady EF, Minnis J, Balestra B, Tonini M, Brecha NC, Bunnett NW, Sternini C. Activation and internalization of the mu-opioid receptor by the newly discovered endogenous agonists, endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2.. Neuroscience, 1999.
  74. Lecci A, De Giorgio R, Barthó L, Sternini C, Tramontana M, Corinaldesi R, Giuliani S, Maggi CA. Tachykinin NK(1)receptor-mediated inhibitory responses in the guinea-pig small intestine.. Neuropeptides, 1999.
  75. Tonini M, Fiori E, Balestra B, Spelta V, D'Agostino G, Di Nucci A, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 activate mu-opioid receptors in myenteric neurons of the guinea-pig small intestine.. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 1998.
  76. Goode T, O'Connell J, Sternini C, Anton P, Wong H, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Substance P (neurokinin-1) receptor is a marker of human mucosal but not peripheral mononuclear cells: molecular quantitation and localization.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 1998.
  77. Casini G, Rickman DW, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Neurokinin 1 receptor expression in the rat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1997.
  78. Sternini C, Wong H, Wu SV, de Giorgio R, Yang M, Reeve J, Brecha NC, Walsh JH. Somatostatin 2A receptor is expressed by enteric neurons, and by interstitial cells of Cajal and enterochromaffin-like cells of the gastrointestinal tract.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1997.
  79. Sternini C. Organization of the peripheral nervous system: autonomic and sensory ganglia.. The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings, 1997.
  80. Bolden DA, Sternini C, Kruger L. GAP-43 mRNA and calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNA expression in sensory neurons are increased following sympathectomy.. Brain research bulletin, 1997.
  81. De Giorgio R, Su D, Peter D, Edwards RH, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 expression in enteric neurons and enterochromaffin-like cells of the rat.. Neuroscience letters, 1996.
  82. Sternini C, Spann M, Anton B, Keith DE, Bunnett NW, von Zastrow M, Evans C, Brecha NC. Agonist-selective endocytosis of mu opioid receptor by neurons in vivo.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996.
  83. Sternini C, Su D, Arakawa J, de Giorgio R, Rickman DW, Davis BM, Albers KM, Brecha NC. Cellular localization of Pan-trk immunoreactivity and trkC mRNA in the enteric nervous system.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1996.
  84. Wong HC, Sternini C, Lloyd K, De Giorgio R, Walsh JH. Monoclonal antibody to VIP: production, characterization, immunoneutralizing activity, and usefulness in cytochemical staining.. Hybridoma, 1996.
  85. Reinshagen M, Patel A, Sottili M, French S, Sternini C, Eysselein VE. Action of sensory neurons in an experimental at colitis model of injury and repair.. The American journal of physiology, 1996.
  86. Goehler LE, Sternini C. Calcitonin gene-related peptide innervation of the rat hepatobiliary system.. Peptides, 1996.
  87. Nishizaki Y, Guth PH, Sternini C, Kaunitz JD. Impairment of the gastric hyperemic response to luminal acid in cirrhotic rats.. The American journal of physiology, 1996.
  88. Peter D, Liu Y, Sternini C, de Giorgio R, Brecha N, Edwards RH. Differential expression of two vesicular monoamine transporters.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1995.
  89. Sternini C, Su D, Gamp PD, Bunnett NW. Cellular sites of expression of the neurokinin-1 receptor in the rat gastrointestinal tract.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1995.
  90. Wong HC, Andersen DK, Sternini C, Ruiz CL, Hull EC, Walsh JH, Brunicardi FC. Production of a rat pancreatic polypeptide-specific monoclonal antibody and its influence on glucose homeostasis by in vivo immunoneutralization.. Hybridoma, 1995.
  91. Sottili M, Sternini C, Reinshagen M, Brecha NC, Nast CC, Walsh JH, Eysselein VE. Up-regulation of transforming growth factor alpha binding sites in experimental rabbit colitis.. Gastroenterology, 1995.
  92. Morara S, Sternini C, Provini L, Rosina A. Developmentally regulated expression of alpha- and beta-calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNA and calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the rat inferior olive.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1995.
  93. De Giorgio R, Zittel TT, Parodi JE, Becker JM, Brunicardi FC, Go VL, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Peptide immunoreactivities in the ganglionated plexuses and nerve fibers innervating the human gallbladder.. Journal of the autonomic nervous system, 1995.
  94. Zittel TT, De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Raybould HE. Fos protein expression in the nucleus of the solitary tract in response to intestinal nutrients in awake rats.. Brain research, 1994.
  95. Slice LW, Wong HC, Sternini C, Grady EF, Bunnett NW, Walsh JH. The conserved NPXnY motif present in the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor is not a general sequestration sequence.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 1994.
  96. De Giorgio R, Parodi JE, Brecha NC, Brunicardi FC, Becker JM, Go VL, Sternini C. Nitric oxide producing neurons in the monkey and human digestive system.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1994.
  97. Kleinman R, Gingerich R, Wong H, Walsh J, Lloyd K, Ohning G, De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Brunicardi FC. Use of the Fab fragment for immunoneutralization of somatostatin in the isolated perfused human pancreas.. American journal of surgery, 1994.
  98. De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Widdison AL, Alvarez C, Brecha NC, Reber HA, Go VL. Differential effects of experimentally induced chronic pancreatitis on neuropeptide immunoreactivities in the feline pancreas.. Pancreas, 1993.
  99. Zittel TT, De Giorgio R, Brecha NC, Sternini C, Raybould HE. Abdominal surgery induces c-fos expression in the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat.. Neuroscience letters, 1993.
  100. Torsoli A, Annese V, Corazziari E, Cucchiara S, Renzi D, Severi C, Stanghellini V, Sternini C, Surrenti C. Neuroendocrine regulation of gastrointestinal motility. Normal and abnormal physiology.. The Italian journal of gastroenterology, 1993.
  101. Bunnett NW, Wu V, Sternini C, Klinger J, Shimomaya E, Payan D, Kobayashi R, Walsh JH. Distribution and abundance of neutral endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.11) in the alimentary tract of the rat.. The American journal of physiology, 1993.
  102. Wong HC, Taché Y, Lloyd KC, Yang H, Sternini C, Holzer P, Walsh JH. Monoclonal antibody to rat alpha-CGRP: production, characterization, and in vivo immunoneutralization activity.. Hybridoma, 1993.
  103. Quintero E, Kaunitz J, Nishizaki Y, De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Guth PH. Uremia increases gastric mucosal permeability and acid back-diffusion injury in the rat.. Gastroenterology, 1992.
  104. Sternini C, De Giorgio R, Furness JB. Calcitonin gene-related peptide neurons innervating the canine digestive system.. Regulatory peptides, 1992.
  105. Sottili M, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Lezoche E, Walsh JH. Transforming growth factor alpha receptor binding sites in the canine gastrointestinal tract.. Gastroenterology, 1992.
  106. Sternini C, De Giorgio R, Anderson K, Watt PC, Brunicardi FC, Widdison AL, Wong H, Reber HA, Walsh JH, Go VL. Species differences in the immunoreactive patterns of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the pancreas.. Cell and tissue research, 1992.
  107. Sternini C, De Giorgio R, Brunicardi FC, Widdison AL, Reber HA, Go VL. CGRP immunoreactivity in the mammalian pancreas.. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1992.
  108. Wong HC, Lloyd K, Yang H, Sternini C, Walsh JH. Preparation of a monoclonal antibody to rat alpha-CGRP for in vivo immunoneutralization of peptides.. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1992.
  109. Raybould HE, Sternini C, Eysselein VE, Yoneda M, Holzer P. Selective ablation of spinal afferent neurons containing CGRP attenuates gastric hyperemic response to acid.. Peptides, 1992.
  110. Sternini C, Anderson K. Calcitonin gene-related peptide-containing neurons supplying the rat digestive system: differential distribution and expression pattern.. Somatosensory & motor research, 1992.
  111. De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Widdison AL, Karanjia ND, Reber HA, Go VL. Patterns of innervation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, neuropeptide Y, and gastrin-releasing peptide immunoreactive nerves in the feline pancreas.. Pancreas, 1992.
  112. De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Anderson K, Brecha NC, Go VL. Tissue distribution and innervation pattern of peptide immunoreactivities in the rat pancreas.. Peptides, 1992.
  113. Furness JB, Lloyd KC, Sternini C, Walsh JH. Evidence that myenteric neurons of the gastric corpus project to both the mucosa and the external muscle: myectomy operations on the canine stomach.. Cell and tissue research, 1991.
  114. Eysselein VE, Reinshagen M, Cominelli F, Sternini C, Davis W, Patel A, Nast CC, Bernstein D, Anderson K, Khan H. Calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P decrease in the rabbit colon during colitis. A time study.. Gastroenterology, 1991.
  115. Brecha NC, Sternini C, Humphrey MF. Cellular distribution of L-glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) and gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor mRNAs in the retina.. Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 1991.
  116. Akesson TR, Sternini C, Micevych PE. Continuous estrogen decreases neurokinin B expression in the rat arcuate nucleus.. Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 1991.
  117. Goehler LE, Sternini C. Neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in the mammalian liver: pattern of innervation and coexistence with tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity.. Cell and tissue research, 1991.
  118. Eysselein VE, Reeve JR, Sternini C, Cominelli F, Davis WM, Davis MT, Lee TD, Ho FJ, Ridout D, Shively JE. Structural characterization of calcitonin gene-related peptide purified from rabbit intestine.. Peptides, 1991.
  119. MacLennan AJ, Brecha N, Khrestchatisky M, Sternini C, Tillakaratne NJ, Chiang MY, Anderson K, Lai M, Tobin AJ. Independent cellular and ontogenetic expression of mRNAs encoding three alpha polypeptides of the rat GABAA receptor.. Neuroscience, 1991.
  120. Tobin AJ, Khrestchatisky M, MacLennan AJ, Chiang MY, Tillakaratne NJ, Xu WT, Jackson MB, Brecha N, Sternini C, Olsen RW. Structural, developmental and functional heterogeneity of rat GABAA receptors.. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1991.
  121. Sternini C. Tachykinin and calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivities and mRNAs in the mammalian enteric nervous system and sensory ganglia.. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1991.
  122. Furness JB, Lloyd KC, Sternini C, Walsh JH. Projections of substance P, vasoactive intestinal peptide and tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive nerve fibres in the canine intestine, with special reference to the innervation of the circular muscle.. Archives of histology and cytology, 1990.
  123. Olsen RW, Bureau M, Khrestchatisky M, MacLennan AJ, Chiang MY, Tobin AJ, Xu W, Jackson M, Sternini C, Brecha N. Isolation of pharmacologically distinct GABA-benzodiazepine receptors by protein chemistry and molecular cloning.. Advances in biochemical psychopharmacology, 1990.
  124. Khrestchatisky M, MacLennan AJ, Chiang MY, Xu WT, Jackson MB, Brecha N, Sternini C, Olsen RW, Tobin AJ. A novel alpha subunit in rat brain GABAA receptors.. Neuron, 1989.
  125. Brecha NC, Sternini C, Anderson K, Krause JE. Expression and cellular localization of substance P/neurokinin A and neurokinin B mRNAs in the rat retina.. Visual neuroscience, 1989.
  126. Sternini C, Anderson K, Frantz G, Krause JE, Brecha N. Expression of substance P/neurokinin A-encoding preprotachykinin messenger ribonucleic acids in the rat enteric nervous system.. Gastroenterology, 1989.
  127. Kruger L, Silverman JD, Mantyh PW, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Peripheral patterns of calcitonin-gene-related peptide general somatic sensory innervation: cutaneous and deep terminations.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1989.
  128. Kruger L, Mantyh PW, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Mantyh CR. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the rat central nervous system: patterns of immunoreactivity and receptor binding sites.. Brain research, 1988.
  129. Kruger L, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Mantyh PW. Distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in relation to the rat central somatosensory projection.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1988.
  130. Goehler LE, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the biliary pathway and liver of the guinea-pig: distribution and colocalization with substance P.. Cell and tissue research, 1988.
  131. Schwaber JS, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Rogers WT, Card JP. Neurons containing calcitonin gene-related peptide in the parabrachial nucleus project to the central nucleus of the amygdala.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1988.
  132. Sternini C, Reeve JR, Brecha N. Distribution and characterization of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the digestive system of normal and capsaicin-treated rats.. Gastroenterology, 1987.
  133. Sternini C, Brecha N. Immunocytochemical identification of islet cells and nerve fibers containing calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in the rat pancreas.. Gastroenterology, 1986.
  134. Clague JR, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in neurons of the rat gastrointestinal tract.. Neuroscience letters, 1985.
  135. Sternini C, Brecha N. Distribution and colocalization of neuropeptide Y- and tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity in the guinea-pig heart.. Cell and tissue research, 1985.
  136. Labò G, Vezzadini P, Gullo L, Sternini C, Bonora G. Effect of bombesin on serum immunoreactive trypsin in healthy subjects and in patients with chronic pancreatitis.. Gastroenterology, 1983.