The phrase "amount and function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the quantity of something and its role or purpose in a particular context.
Example: "The amount and function of the ingredients in this recipe are crucial for achieving the desired flavor."
Alternatives: "quantity and role" or "volume and purpose".
Endothelial dysfunction is associated with childhood obesity and is closely linked to the amount and function of endothelial progenitor cells.
Adult patients with ARDS exhibit a reduction in the amount and function of surface-active material recovered by bronchoalveolar lavage.
Hepatic mass, blood flow, and metabolism (via Cytochrome P450 enzyme amount and function) are decreased with age (Sotaniemi et al 1997).
Obesity in childhood and adolescent is independently related with arterial endothelial dysfunction [ 7] and is closely linked to the amount and function of endothelial progenitor cells [ 8].
The actual amount and function of GAPDH-like protein in P. pulmonarius are not clear at this point, but its presence could be an important key to the control of metabolic processes that may have a certain relationship with diabetics.
Endothelial dysfunction is associated with childhood obesity and is closely linked to the amount and function of EPCs, and a combined after-school exercise program was shown to increase circulating EPC levels by enhancement of NO bioavailability [ 29].
As was already mentioned, each point along the urban forest ecosystem gradient has a number of different possible types of urban planting sites, which further define the kind, amount and functions of the vegetation present.
However, to date, the exact expression amounts and function of Sema4A in RA, especially synovial fibroblasts of rheumatoid arthritis (RASFs), remain to be determined.
Considerable interindividual variation in PPAR-α amount, structure, and function has been reported among humans (Tugwood et al. 1996), and some studies have suggested variability in human response to PPAR-α agonists (Jamshidi et al. 2002; Tai et al. 2006).
In humans, while many DNA variants can perturb the amount and biochemical function of the gene products, only a subset of them can penetrate all the intermediate levels (e.g. cells and circuits) to affect emotion and behavior.
Although we have shown that abnormalities in adipose tissue amounts, distribution, and function can account for a significant portion of the predisposition of South Asians to insulin resistance, we cannot rule out the possibility that genetic factors of a more generalized nature also contribute to insulin resistance.
