The phrase "and a modest decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes in data, statistics, or trends, particularly when referring to a small reduction in a quantity or value.
Example: "The report indicated an increase in sales, along with a modest decrease in customer complaints."
Alternatives: "and a slight reduction" or "and a small decline".
Concurrently, there was diminished β-glucocerebrosidase activity at the stratum granulosum-stratum corneum junction and a modest decrease in both involucrin and loricrin protein expression, markers of keratinocyte differentiation.
Without α-syn expression, the various elo mutants showed no growth defects, no reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, and a modest decrease in survival of aged cells compared to wild-type cells.
TBI caused a modest increase in PB Mac-1+ myeloid cells and a modest decrease in Thy1.2+ T cells but both populations doubled in the PB following partial body irradiation to AH or PH.
LPS-induced inflammation caused a robust decrease in LAT1 mRNA expression at the blood brain barrier of rodents, and a modest decrease in LAT1 protein content.
Large scale chemical mutagenesis screen for dark skin phenotype identified a mutation in rps19 or rsp20 genes (Dsk3+/− and Dsk4+/−, respectively) in association with two clinical features associated with DBA, growth retardation and a modest decrease in red cell count.
The effect of the D108N mutation is even more drastic, resulting in a 150-fold decrease in kcat and a modest decrease (4-fold) in KM, consistent with a significant role of this residue in catalysis.
In keeping with a role for the HIF hydroxylases in mediating this hypoxic repression, when cells were exposed to the HIF hydroxylase inhibitors, DMOG and desferrioxamine, a modest decrease in Dicer mRNA and protein levels was observed in MCF7 cells.
Moreover, we show that fibrin ogen) is present in areas of dystrophic neurites and that a modest decrease in fibrinogen levels improves neuronal health and ameliorates amyloid pathology in the subiculum of AD mice.
In our study the protein was expressed lowly at stage I, increased during stage II and showed a modest decrease in stage III.
RsmZ shows substantially increased expression and RsmY a modest decrease in expression in PE, highlighting the different paths of these two ncRNAs in response to infection and broth growth conditions (Table S8).
Those cells had higher basal ULBP1 expression than K-562 cells and showed a modest decrease in ULBP1 expression when ATF4 was mutated.
