Camilla Salvestrini

Camilla Salvestrini

Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Lead for Nutrition Services

Camilla has trained in Italy and UK and has been a Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist since 2007. She has worked at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, Sheffield Children’s Hospital and since 2010 at Cambridge University Teaching Hospitals NHS FT. She is currently leading the Paediatric Nutrition Service and the regional centre for Paediatric Home parenteral Nutrition.

Camilla is a clinician with a passion for complex feeding issues and artificial nutrition.

Key publications

  1. Patient-derived organoid biobank identifies epigenetic dysregulation of intestinal epithelial MHC-I as a novel mechanism in severe Crohn's Disease.
    Dennison TW, Edgar RD, Payne F, Nayak KM, Ross ADB, Cenier A, Glemas C, Giachero F, Foster AR, Harris R, Kraiczy J, Salvestrini C, Stavrou G, Torrente F, Brook K, Trayers C, Elmentaite R, Youssef G, Tél B, Winton DJ, Skoufou-Papoutsaki N, Adler S, Bufler P, Azabdaftari A, Jenke A, G N, Thomas N, Miele E, Al-Mohammad A, Guarda G, Kugathasan S, Venkateswaran S, Clatworthy MR, Castro-Dopico T, Suchanek O, Strisciuglio C, Gasparetto M, Lee S, Xu X, Bello E, Han N, Zerbino DR, Teichmann SA, Nys J, Heuschkel R, Perrone F, Zilbauer M.
    Gut. 2024 Aug 8;73(9):1464-1477. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2024-332043. PMID: 38857990; PMCID: PMC11347221.
  2. Culture-Associated DNA Methylation Changes Impact on Cellular Function of Human Intestinal Organoids.
    Edgar RD, Perrone F, Foster AR, Payne F, Lewis S, Nayak KM, Kraiczy J, Cenier A, Torrente F, Salvestrini C, Heuschkel R, Hensel KO, Harris R, Jones DL, Zerbino DR, Zilbauer M.
    Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022;14(6):1295-1310. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.08.008. Epub 2022 Aug 28.
  3. Transcription and DNA Methylation Patterns of Blood-Derived CD8+ T Cells Are Associated With Age and Inflammatory Bowel Disease But Do Not Predict Prognosis.
    Gasparetto M, Payne F, Nayak K, Kraiczy J, Glemas C, Philip-McKenzie Y, Ross A, Edgar RD, Zerbino DR, Salvestrini C, Torrente F, Ventham NT, Kalla R, Satsangi J, Sarkies P, Heuschkel R, Zilbauer M.
    Gastroenterology. 2021 Jan;160(1):232-244.e7. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.08.017. Epub 2020 Aug 16.
  4. DNA methylation defines regional identity of human intestinal epithelial organoids and undergoes dynamic changes during development.
    Kraiczy J, Nayak KM, Howell KJ, Ross A, Forbester J, Salvestrini C, Mustata R, Perkins S, Andersson-Rolf A, Leenen E, Liebert A, Vallier L, Rosenstiel PC, Stegle O, Dougan G, Heuschkel R, Koo BK, Zilbauer M
    Gut. 2019 Jan;68(1):49-61. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314817. Epub 2017 Nov 15.
  5. Intestinal alpha-defensin expression in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
    Zilbauer M, Jenke A, Wenzel G, Goedde D, Postberg J, Phillips AD, Lucas M, Noble-Jamieson G, Torrente F, Salvestrini C, Heuschkel R, Wirth S
    Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):2076-86.
  6. Expression of human beta-defensins in children with chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
    Zilbauer M, Jenke A, Wenzel G, Postberg J, Heusch A, Phillips AD, Noble-Jamieson G, Torrente F, Salvestrini C, Heuschkel R, Wirth S
    PLoS One. 2010 Oct 22;5(10):e15389.