The phrase 'are associated with defects' is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, you could use it in a sentence such as: 'Certain genetic mutations are associated with defects in the development of major organs.'.
States of glucocorticoid excess are associated with defects in chondrocyte function.
RAG1 or RAG2 mutations are associated with defects in V(D J recombination activity, causing severe immunodeficiency with a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes.
Mego, M. et al. Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are associated with defects in adaptive immunity in patients with inflammatory breast cancer.
These receptors, which are termed hair cells, are particularly susceptible to genetic mutations - more than two dozen genes are associated with defects in this cell type in humans.
When a deconvolution to the PL spectra is made, as shown in the inset of Figure 7, different peaks are defined; some of them are related to different kinds of defects, as listed in Table 4. Therefore, the high-energy PL peaks are associated with quantum confinement effects in Si-ncs, while the low-energy PL peaks are associated with defects.
Failures in actin rearrangements are associated with defects in neuronal wiring in the brain.
Improper GNP maturation can result in defective foliation, which is associated with defects in motor coordination [6], [7], or in medulloblastoma, the most common childhood brain tumor [8].
Pelvic organ prolapse is associated with defects in connective tissue including elastic fibers.
Other single-gene mutations point to Parkinson's disease being associated with defects in mitochondria — the organelles that carry out respiration in the cell.
Seppälä-Lindroos A, Vehkavaara S, Häkkinen AM, Goto T, Westerbacka J, Sovijärvi et al. Fat accumulation in the liver is associated with defects in insulin suppression of glucose production and serum free fatty acids independent of obesity in normal men.
It is likely that resistance of tumors to treatment might be associated with defects in, or dysregulation of, different steps of the apoptotic pathways.
