The phrase "and is rather associated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a connection or relationship between two concepts or ideas, often in a more nuanced or indirect way.
Example: "The phenomenon is complex and is rather associated with various environmental factors that influence its occurrence."
Alternatives: "and is somewhat linked" or "and is somewhat related".
In AD brain nuclear localization is lost and axotrophin is rather associated with neurofibrillary tangles.
In patients with septic shock, neuronal apoptosis is rather associated with iNOS expression and microglial apoptosis with hyperglycaemia, possibly because GLUT5 is not downregulated.
If and to the extent that personal care experience plays a role, it is rather associated with rejection than with acceptance of AVE.
If and to the extent that personal care experience plays a role, it is rather associated with rejection than with acceptance of euthanasia.
This suggests that active angiogenesis and the presence of immature vessels is not a disease-specific process but it is rather associated to the severity of inflammation.
Note that bilateral diffuse oedema is not helpful for the differentiation of lesions, as it is rather associated with cardiac or renal failure.
Furthermore, it has been recently shown that SAE is rather associated with disturbed autoregulation than with altered cerebral blood flow or tissue oxygenation [36].
Although BD is rather associated with neuroplasticity deficits than neurodegenerative events (Rajkowska 2002), cell death might play a role in the pathogenesis of BD (Lee et al. 2002).
Furthermore, it has been recently shown that SAE is rather associated with disturbed autoregulation than with altered cerebral blood flow or tissue oxygenation [ 36].
This suggests that hepatic mechanisms predominantly determine dyslipidemic phenotypes, as hepatic target activation is rather associated with dyslipidemia than with dysglycemia related disease parameters.
