The phrase "affects adhesion of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing how one substance or factor influences the sticking or bonding of another substance.
Example: "The presence of moisture affects adhesion of the paint to the surface."
Alternatives: "influences the bonding of" or "impacts the attachment of".
In this regard, it has been shown that galactose affects adhesion of Candida to host cells [ 45].
To investigate if PL affects adhesion of invasive breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-231 cells were pretreated with PL (0 0.5 mg ml−1) for 24 h and their adhesion to vitronectin was determined.
One way of assessing the functional integrity of the mucus layer is by measuring its hydrophobicity, a surface bio-physical property that affects adhesion of macromolecules, bacteria and toxins to the intestinal epithelia [ 9, 10].
Depletion of prohibitins had no major effect on mitochondrial function but did affect adhesion of cells to the extracellular matrix.
In accord, CB2 receptor signaling did not affect adhesion of inflammatory cells in the flow chamber (Fig. 4C), expression of ICAM-1 as assessed by Western blotting (Fig. 5A) and FACS (Fig. 5B), as well as chemokine expression in cultured endothelial cells (Fig. 5 C).
Whether TSP polymorphisms affect adhesion of P. falciparum or susceptibility to severe malaria is unknown.
NELL2-AP did not affect adhesion of the RCC cells (Fig. 5e– l).
Moreover, PI3K/AKT can suppress the apoptosis of fibroblasts and affect adhesion of fibroblasts with fibronectin and collagen by interaction with other signaling pathways 19, 22.
PI3K/AKT can also affect adhesion of fibroblasts with fibronectin and collagen leading to deposition of extracellular matrix by interaction with integrin pathways 19.
This suggests that inhibition of NF-κB does not affect adhesion of invaded LCLs to the membranes used in our assay.
Therefore, our data suggest that neither LMP1 nor Fascin affect adhesion of invaded lymphocytes to the membranes used in our assay.
