The phrase "and augmented the number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an increase in quantity or amount in various contexts, such as research, business, or data analysis.
Example: "The new marketing strategy was successful and augmented the number of customers visiting the store."
Alternatives: "increased the number of" or "expanded the number of".
Finally, CB2 receptor deficiency prevents apoptosis in lymphoid organs and augments the number of CD11b+ and CD19+ cells during CLP.
Strikingly, activation of Notch, by transfecting NIH-3T3 cells with NICD-pCIG, dramatically and significantly augmented the number of cells showing Smo localisation in cilia, in a Shh-independent manner (Fig. 6C,G; χ=41.62, d.f. =1, n=139, P=1.11×10−10).
When the gatherings took place, police, foreign reporters and curious passersby significantly augmented the number of participants.
In addition, the total number of alleles increased as we augmented the number of individuals and geographic regions screened.
Brazil census data quality on crops and pastures (both planted and natural) is expected to be reliable, in particular for recent times (since 1995) as increased funding augmented the number of units directly sampled [ Cardille and Foley, 2003].
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha significantly augmented the number of these mature DC, whereas preculture depletion of CD14+ PBMC virtually eliminated them.
Surprisingly, more prolonged Wy14643 treatment augmented the number of significantly regulated genes in human hepatocytes, but not in mouse hepatocytes.
p40ABL/BCR augmented the number of CFUs, but not the replating efficiency as compared to the control cells, indicating an effect on proliferation (Figure 5B).
We observed also that if we increased population size, we augmented the number of generations necessary for W to reach zero.
Interestingly, we found that AT treatment considerably augmented the number of BrdU/NeuN double-positive neurons (∼90%, Fig. 2A– C), while the proportion of NeuN/BrdU double-positive cells in the total BrdU+ cells was not altered (Fig. 2D).
