The phrase "affect the steps of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how one factor influences or changes the actions or processes of another.
Example: "The new regulations will affect the steps of our production process, leading to increased efficiency."
Alternatives: "influence the procedures of" or "impact the actions of".
Altogether, these observations indicate that the inhibition of coagulation may affect the early steps of tumour spreading after intravasation, including the escape of immune responses, arrest at microvascular beds, and extravasation to a new organ.
The formation of a new vessels is required for tumour progression and invasion and inhibition of angiogenesis may affect the early steps of tumour development.
Interestingly, six of these genes (SF3A1, SF3B1, SRSF2, U2AF35, ZRSR2 and PRPF40B) affect the initial steps of RNA splicing; thus, mutations leading to the impaired recognition of the 39 splice site result in the production of abnormal mRNA splicing.
We hypothesized that exposure of HUVECs to HG could affect the early steps of insulin signaling.
This suggests that interference with the constitutive secretion of noggin by cancer cells does not affect the early steps of the bone metastatic colonization (adhesion and extra-vasation) and, especially, the growth initiation by the osteolytic process.
Therefore, we tested whether NPGPx depletion affect the key steps of this cascade.
In the last years, microRNAs have attracted scientific interest upon demonstration of their alteration in response to various diseases: they have been proved to affect the crucial steps of carcinogenesis acting as oncogenes or oncosuppressors [ 4].
This variability affects all the steps of the process, from preparation of immunogen and DCs to clinical trial design and immune monitoring.
Modifications of the chromatin structure affect the first step of gene expression (i.e., transcription).
To test whether NCSTN antibodies might affect the extravasation step of metastasis [ 7], we followed the interaction of MDA-MB-231 cells with endothelial cells by time-lapse microscopy [ 8].
