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Prof David Llewellyn

University of Exeter Medical School
Verified email at exeter.ac.uk
Cited by 15114

Vitamin D effects on musculoskeletal health, immunity, autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, fertility, pregnancy, dementia and mortality—a review of recent …

…, Y Shoenfeld, E Lerchbaum, DJ Llewellyn… - Autoimmunity …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Optimal vitamin D intake and its status are important not only for bone and
calcium-phosphate metabolism, but also for overall health and well-being. Vitamin D deficiency …

Mediterranean diet, cognitive function, and dementia: a systematic review

…, IA Lang, OC Ukoumunne, DJ Llewellyn - …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Adherence to a Mediterranean diet has been associated with lower risk of
various age-related diseases including dementia. Although narrative reviews have been …

Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, C Patterson, G Heckman, DJ Llewellyn… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Llewellyn: drafting/revising the manuscript, interpretation of the data. Dr. Raina: drafting/…
Llewellyn has received funding from the Nutrition Society and American Society of Nutrition for …

[HTML][HTML] Sequencing of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1) provides a resource for fiber improvement

…, RC Kirkbride, X Chen, E Dennis, DJ Llewellyn… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Upland cotton is a model for polyploid crop domestication and transgenic improvement. Here
we sequenced the allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1 genome by integrating …

Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease

…, KM Langa, OL Lopez, K Kos, M Soni, DJ Llewellyn - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Llewellyn: drafting and revising the manuscript for content, study concept and design,
analysis and interpretation of data, acquisition of data, statistical analysis, study supervision and …

Vitamin D and risk of cognitive decline in elderly persons

DJ Llewellyn, IA Lang, KM Langa… - Archives of internal …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
… However, Llewellyn and colleagues 22 observed a significant association between low
levels of 25(OH)D and increased odds of cognitive impairment. Similarly, Buell and colleagues …

Association of lifestyle and genetic risk with incidence of dementia

…, KM Langa, E Hyppönen, E Kuźma, DJ Llewellyn - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
… Dr Llewellyn reported receiving grants from the James Tudor Foundation, the Mary Kinross
Charitable Trust, the Halpin Trust, the National Institute for Health Research, the National …

Suppression of sucrose synthase gene expression represses cotton fiber cell initiation, elongation, and seed development

YL Ruan, DJ Llewellyn, RT Furbank - The Plant Cell, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Cotton is the most important textile crop as a result of its long cellulose-enriched mature
fibers. These single-celled hairs initiate at anthesis from the ovule epidermis. To date, genes …

Frailty, body mass index, and abdominal obesity in older people

RE Hubbard, IA Lang, DJ Llewellyn… - … of Gerontology Series …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Frailty has been conceptualized as a wasting disorder with weight loss as a key
component. However, obesity is associated with disability and with physiological markers …

The Control of Single-Celled Cotton Fiber Elongation by Developmentally Reversible Gating of Plasmodesmata and Coordinated Expression of Sucrose and K+ …

YL Ruan, DJ Llewellyn, RT Furbank - The Plant Cell, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Each cotton fiber is a single cell that elongates to 2.5 to 3.0 cm from the seed coat epidermis
within ∼16 days after anthesis (DAA). To elucidate the mechanisms controlling this rapid …