Anna Sapone

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Anna Sapone is a scholar working on Gastroenterology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Sapone has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Gastroenterology, 16 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Anna Sapone's work include Celiac Disease Research and Management (18 papers), Microscopic Colitis (11 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (6 papers). Anna Sapone is often cited by papers focused on Celiac Disease Research and Management (18 papers), Microscopic Colitis (11 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (6 papers). Anna Sapone collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Iran. Anna Sapone's co-authors include Alessio Fasano, Carlo Catassi, Umberto Volta, Laura de Magistris, Maria Cartenı̀, Giacomo Caio, Daniel A. Leffler, Roberto De Giorgio, Karen M. Lammers and Gabriele Riegler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Anna Sapone

31 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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

2012 798 citations Anna Sapone, Julio C. Bai et al. BMC Medicine profile →
Celiac disease: a comprehensive current review

2019 647 citations Giacomo Caio, Umberto Volta et al. BMC Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Sapone United States	22	2.8k	1.7k	1.5k	980	854	33	4.9k
Michel Boivin United States	30	1.4k 0.5×	580 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	812 0.8×	667 0.8×	66	4.4k
Laura de Magistris Italy	27	750 0.3×	723 0.4×	845 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	549 0.6×	55	3.1k
Armin Alaedini United States	34	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	749 0.5×	485 0.5×	403 0.5×	73	3.1k
Giovanni Di Nardo Italy	36	2.2k 0.8×	705 0.4×	2.0k 1.3×	940 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	190	4.8k
Cesare Cremon Italy	36	4.4k 1.6×	529 0.3×	2.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.4×	352 0.4×	113	6.4k
Roberto Corinaldesi Italy	53	6.1k 2.2×	1.7k 1.0×	4.9k 3.3×	1.0k 1.0×	377 0.4×	253	10.3k
Wouter J. de Jonge Netherlands	47	1.2k 0.4×	484 0.3×	2.1k 1.4×	2.7k 2.8×	628 0.7×	186	7.6k
Giada De Palma Canada	29	2.0k 0.7×	861 0.5×	955 0.6×	1.8k 1.8×	570 0.7×	74	4.1k
Ricard Farré Belgium	43	3.1k 1.1×	787 0.5×	3.0k 2.0×	1.1k 1.1×	342 0.4×	151	6.6k
Magdy El‐Salhy Sweden	39	3.3k 1.2×	778 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.6×	691 0.8×	205	5.8k

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Camarca, Alessandra, Vera Rotondi Aufiero, Chiara Nitride, et al.. (2025). Digestion supplemented with commercial proteases: Evaluation of the fate of gluten immunogenic peptides in pizza. Food Research International. 220. 117027–117027. 1 indexed citations

Asri, Nastaran, Hamidreza Houri, Kaveh Baghaei, et al.. (2025). Exploring the therapeutic potential of nutraceutical compounds (Curcumin, Quercetin, Epa, Zinc, and Vitamin D) in managing Celiac disease: insights from cellular mechanisms. Molecular Biology Reports. 52(1). 580–580.

Asri, Nastaran, Anna Sapone, Kaveh Baghaei, et al.. (2023). Akkermansia muciniphila exerts immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects on gliadin-stimulated THP-1 derived macrophages. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3237–3237. 23 indexed citations

Seidita, Aurelio, Pasquale Mansueto, Maurizio Soresi, et al.. (2022). Potential tolerability of ancient grains in non-celiac wheat sensitivity patients: A preliminary evaluation. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 995019–995019. 6 indexed citations

Caio, Giacomo, Umberto Volta, Anna Sapone, et al.. (2019). Celiac disease: a comprehensive current review. BMC Medicine. 17(1). 142–142. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

Freire, Rachel, Laura Ingano, Gloria Serena, et al.. (2019). Human gut derived-organoids provide model to study gluten response and effects of microbiota-derived molecules in celiac disease. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7029–7029. 83 indexed citations

Fiorentino, Maria, Anna Sapone, Stefania Senger, et al.. (2016). Blood–brain barrier and intestinal epithelial barrier alterations in autism spectrum disorders. Molecular Autism. 7(1). 49–49. 344 indexed citations

Fasano, Alessio, Anna Sapone, Victor F. Zevallos, & Detlef Schuppan. (2015). Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity. Gastroenterology. 148(6). 1195–1204. 232 indexed citations

Senger, Stefania, Anna Sapone, Maria Fiorentino, et al.. (2015). Celiac Disease Histopathology Recapitulates Hedgehog Downregulation, Consistent with Wound Healing Processes Activation. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144634–e0144634. 21 indexed citations

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Siniscalco, Dario, Anna Sapone, Catia Giordano, et al.. (2013). Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2, but not Type 1, is Up-Regulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Children Affected by Autistic Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 43(11). 2686–2695. 89 indexed citations

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Sapone, Anna, Julio C. Bai, Carolina Ciacci, et al.. (2012). Spectrum of gluten-related disorders: consensus on new nomenclature and classification. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 13–13. 798 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sapone, Anna, Karen M. Lammers, Vincenzo Casolaro, et al.. (2011). Divergence of gut permeability and mucosal immune gene expression in two gluten-associated conditions: celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. BMC Medicine. 9(1). 23–23. 347 indexed citations

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Siniscalco, Dario, Anna Sapone, Catia Giordano, et al.. (2011). The Expression of Caspases is Enhanced in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 42(7). 1403–1410. 55 indexed citations

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Magistris, Laura de, V. Familiari, Antonio Pascotto, et al.. (2010). Alterations of the Intestinal Barrier in Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders and in Their First‐degree Relatives. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 51(4). 418–424. 398 indexed citations

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Federico, Alessandro, Anna Sapone, Concetta Tuccillo, et al.. (2009). Intestinal permeability in patients with chronic liver diseases: Its relationship with the aetiology and the entity of liver damage. Digestive and Liver Disease. 42(3). 200–204. 71 indexed citations

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Sapone, Anna, Karen M. Lammers, Giuseppe Mazzarella, et al.. (2009). Differential Mucosal IL-17 Expression in Two Gliadin-Induced Disorders: Gluten Sensitivity and the Autoimmune Enteropathy Celiac Disease. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 152(1). 75–80. 188 indexed citations

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Visser, Jeroen, Jan Rozing, Anna Sapone, Karen M. Lammers, & Alessio Fasano. (2009). Tight Junctions, Intestinal Permeability, and Autoimmunity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1165(1). 195–205. 184 indexed citations

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Sapone, Anna, Marcella Cammarota, Mario De Rosa, et al.. (2009). M1700 Gluten Sensitivity Is Associated to Activation of the Innate But Not Adaptive Immune Response to Gluten Exposure. Gastroenterology. 136(5). A–413. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Karen E., Anna Sapone, Alessio Fasano, & Stefanie N. Vogel. (2006). Gliadin Stimulation of Murine Macrophage Inflammatory Gene Expression and Intestinal Permeability Are MyD88-Dependent: Role of the Innate Immune Response in Celiac Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 176(4). 2512–2521. 181 indexed citations

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Watts, Tammara L., Irene Berti, Anna Sapone, et al.. (2005). Role of the intestinal tight junction modulator zonulin in the pathogenesis of type I diabetes in BB diabetic-prone rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(8). 2916–2921. 245 indexed citations

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