The phrase "a modest suppression of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a slight or moderate reduction or restraint of something, such as emotions, behaviors, or information.
Example: "The report called for a modest suppression of certain data to protect privacy."
Alternatives: "a slight reduction of" or "a gentle restraint of".
Only some repair defective strains (i.e. rad50Δ, rad51Δ, rad52Δ, rad55Δ and xrs2Δ) demonstrated a modest suppression of BRCA1-induced lethality (Table S1).
Indeed, we observed that eye-specific expression of RNAi-ubqn led to a modest suppression of the AICDREP (Fig. 6F compared with 6E), and a reduction in AICD levels in vivo (Fig. 6H).
A modest suppression of stimulated cortisol in glucocorticoid-untreated RA patients is not associated with decreased cortisol bioavailability.
This was surprising since CD44 suppression resulted in a reduction in endogenous EGFR activity and a modest suppression of erbB2 phosphorylation, receptors known to have a role as mediators of cellular growth and migratory responses.
Although a modest suppression of erbB2 activity was also seen, this tended to be accompanied by a small reduction in erbB2 protein suggesting that basal levels of erbB2 activation are not greatly affected by the presence of CD44.
Switching the identity of the adapt and test flashes revealed a surprising asymmetry in these interactions: cone responses produced a modest suppression of subsequent rod responses (cone → rod interaction), while rod responses produced a strong suppression of subsequent cone responses (rod → cone interaction; Figure 1C,D).
Specifically, the authors use siRNA to knockdown of MLYCD without providing any assays to determine if the knockdown was effective other than showing a modest suppression in total mRNA content that results in a modest suppression in cell growth.
The number of plasmatocytes was less affected by JAK/STAT signaling in the muscles, except for a modest suppression by the Stat92E DN construct (Fig 6E).
Our data clearly show that inhibition of a single pathway led to only modest suppression of hyperplastic liver growth.
The calibrated model captures the modest suppression of tumor cell growth observed in the B16F10 model, a transplantable mouse model for metastatic melanoma, and was used to explore the impact of multiple vaccinations on controlling tumor growth.
In fact, the only modest suppression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 suggests that an improvement of other factors such as systemic and intrarenal hemodynamics might be accountable for the better renal outcome.
