The phrase "a recent study characterized" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to findings or descriptions provided by a study conducted in the near past.
Example: "A recent study characterized the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance."
Alternatives: "a recent study described" or "a recent study outlined".
A recent study characterized innate and adaptive immune responses of HBeAg-negative HBV-infected patients during 48 weeks of pegylated (Peg IFN-α theraPeg IFN-α
A recent study characterized the cell infiltration and contraction of a porcine-derived dermal ECM hydrogel compared with a UBM hydrogel [40].
Interestingly, a recent study characterized a subpopulation of cells expressing PDGFR α+, Sca1+, and gp38+, which also transiently expresses Adam12 upon acute injury [ 71].
A recent study characterized a reduction of health complaints in persons 3 years after replacement of dental amalgams in comparison to complaints from the general population [ 45].
Notably, a recent study characterized expression of the CXCL-8 receptor CXCR1 on breast cancer stem cells, which we believe to be the most aggressive tumor subpopulation, and described CXCR1 blockade decreases the docetaxel-amplified cancer stem cell population [ 16].
Additionally, a recent study characterized an inflammatory response to four commercial bone graft substitutes and found that the three DBM materials produced more inflammation than a synthetic hydroxyapatite compound.
A recent study characterizing protein-protein interactions in mycobacteria found that ClpC specifically associates with Cfp-10, a component of the ESX-1 secretion system [76].
The estimated flux changes were generally consistent with the results of a recent study characterizing the impact of chemical uncoupling on gene expression in mature adipocytes [17].
To gain insight into the molecular components of sexual reproduction in the Pseudeurotiaceae, we selected two homothallic (self-fertile) isolates from a recent study characterizing species related to P. destructans (Minnis and Lindner 2013).
Our results are in agreement with a recent study characterizing let-526 and pbrm-1 mutants (Shibata et al. 2012), and they further implicate SWSN-4 as the catalytic subunit of SWI/SNF complexes in the somatic gonad.
This retroelement may serve for developing a retroelement based marker system, exploiting the polymorphism created at their insertion sites which are useful in diversity analysis as a fingerprinting tool, as shown in a recent study characterizing the genetic structure of flax germplasm [ 83].
