The phrase "as a functional consequence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something occurs as a result of a specific function or action.
Example: "The new policy was implemented, and as a functional consequence, employee productivity increased significantly."
Alternatives: "as a result" or "as a functional outcome".
As a functional consequence, lymphocyte traffic into the white pulp is impaired during chronic leishmaniasis.
As a functional consequence, tigecycline induced biofilm formation significantly impaired the up-take of S. epidermidis by mouse macrophage-like cell line J774A.1.
As a functional consequence of this interaction, Nox1 localizes to invadopodia, actin-rich membrane protrusions of cancer cells which facilitate pericellular proteolysis and invasive behavior.
Cumulative population doubling time (CPDT) curves showed insignificant decline in the symmetric cell growth studied for up to 13th passages accompanied with small changes in the overall cell morphology and moderately declined fibronectin (FN) matrix deposition probably as a functional consequence of ADSCs ageing.
As a functional consequence, a large proportion of these receptors are Ca2+ impermeable.
As a functional consequence, long term depression (LTD) was absent in corticostriatal slices from old transgenic mice.
Because the TLR/IL-1 pathway plays such a critical function in the initial response to pathogens, we predict that there will be a functional consequence as a result of the changes we observed.
These associations are certainly biologically plausible as higher PSTRs are considered a functional consequence of morphological alterations at the level of the peritoneal membrane (i.e. peritoneal membrane injury), which are likely to be a result of or lead to more marked intraperitoneal inflammation.
As a possible functional consequence of NMD activity in vivo in MSI tumorigenesis, we investigated whether the activity of this system modulates anti-tumor immunity.
To determine a role of TIMP-1 in regulating CD4+ T cell access to the CNS parenchyma, as well as functional consequences, WT (wild-type) and TIMP-1−/− mice were infected with the gliatropic JHMV strain of MHV.
Ubiquitination of H3 and H4 is less abundant and as yet no functional consequence has been assigned to this modification.
