The phrase "a decrease in the levels of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in quantities or concentrations of something, often in scientific or analytical contexts.
Example: "The study found a decrease in the levels of pollutants in the river after the new regulations were implemented."
Alternatives: "a reduction in the amounts of" or "a decline in the concentrations of".
Conclusion: The apparent absence of SP-C and a decrease in the levels of SP-A and SP-B are associated with familial interstitial lung disease.
Adverse changes such as lipid peroxidation, protein damage and a decrease in the levels of antioxidant enzymes, were rectified after the administration of DADS analogs.
Furthermore, PIAS1 overexpression positively influences cell cycle progression and thereby stimulates proliferation, which can be mechanistically explained by a decrease in the levels of cellular p21.
HIF-1α appears high and rising until the third day of monitoring, which despite a decrease in the levels of IL-6 and IL-10 in those days was observed.
A decrease in the levels of GFR α-2 could indicate reduced efficacy of NTN binding and subsequent signalling in 24 month AL-fed animals, so could contribute to neuronal losses reported in these animals [8].
Only cells transfected with FLNa RNAi showed a decrease in the levels of endogenous FLNa protein (Figure 9B).
It is thus only p120ctn depletion that results in a decrease in the levels of all the other cell-cell adhesion molecules (Fig. 5B).
Following acute infection (4 10 days p.i ., there is a decrease in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the brain, accompanied by a reduction in inflammatory markers in macrophages, endothelial cells and astrocytes in brain.
In C57 Bl/6 mice overexpressing dnMstat there was a decrease in the levels of phosphorylated Smad 2/3 as was seen in C2C12 cells incubated with anti-myostatin antibody [3].
Data obtained in this study shows that in addition to inhibiting the proteasome, MGO induces a decrease in the levels of Hsc70 and Hsp90 proteins (Figures 2A, 2B and 2C).
