The phrase "a number of pathological" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to multiple pathological conditions or issues in a medical or psychological context.
Example: "The study examined a number of pathological factors that contribute to the development of chronic diseases."
Alternatives: "several pathological" or "various pathological".
Legumain expression and activity is linked to a number of pathological conditions including cancer, atherosclerosis and inflammation, yet its biological role in these pathologies is not well-understood.
These are involved in a number of pathological conditions including tissue degenerative processes.
It has been proven that excessive ER stress participates in a number of pathological conditions, including ischemia/reperfusion injury, septic organ damage and diabetic complications36,37,38.
D3R is involved in a number of pathological conditions, including schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, addiction, anxiety, depression and glaucoma.
Accumulating evidence has suggested that eicosanoids derived from cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) participate in a number of pathological processes in immune-mediated renal diseases.
Mitochondrial ROS production fulfills a signaling role through regulation of redox pathways, but also contributes to mitochondrial damage in a number of pathological states.
There is also evidence that U-II and/or URP may be involved in a number of pathological conditions including heart failure, atherosclerosis, renal dysfunction and diabetes.
Besides a critical role in innate host defence, complement activation contributes to inflammatory and immunological responses in a number of pathological conditions.
Altered expression of growth factors, such as transforming growth factor beta1, vascular endothelial growth factor and epidermal growth factor, and/or their receptors, has been found in a number of pathological lung conditions.
Increasing evidence derived from experimental and clinical studies suggests that the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (HPT) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis (HPO) are physiologically related and act together as a unified system in a number of pathological conditions.
Katz et al. [8] proposed that a number of pathological processes cause spondylosis and they lead to vertebral "endplate sclerosis".
