The phrase "assessing the expression profiles" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, genetics, or data analysis where one evaluates or analyzes the patterns of gene expression.
Example: "The researchers are assessing the expression profiles of various genes to understand their roles in disease progression."
Alternatives: "evaluating the expression profiles" or "analyzing the expression profiles".
A third study used serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) to assess the expression profiles of the epithelial and stromal cell populations of malignant breast tissue [30].
Cross-hybridization of transcripts corresponding to different structural paralogs on arrays cannot be ruled out and careful design of PCR primers will be required to assess the expression profiles of individual paralogs.
It is worth mentioning the results of a clinical trial conducted in Mexican children to assess the expression profiles induced by different BCG sub-strains [38] that showed that the sub-strain Japan - which is structurally close to the Moscow sub-strain used in Peru - induces a more prominent recalled pro-inflammatory response than the BCG Copenhagen 1331 sub-strain used in Mexico [38].
To address the possible molecular basis for the altered phenotypes associated with PRL-3 down-regulation, we assessed the expression profiles of various proteins involved in cell adhesion.
Data analyses were performed by normalizing the gene expression data using the lumi Bioconductor package in the statistical language R and by clustering relative gene expression to assess the expression profiles of the different samples.
To address the possible molecular basis for the altered phenotypes associated with PRL-3 down-regulation, we assessed the expression profiles of various proteins involved in cell-matrix adhesion.
Several studies have assessed the expression profiles of genes belonging to the thyroid-pituitary axis in flatfish, although focusing on a single gene or a few genes without a global view of the whole gene network.
To further elucidate the impact of BA on microglia, we assessed the expression profiles of proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine mRNAs in LPS-stimulated, primary microglia treated with or without BA.
We further examined previously published microarray data to assess the expression profiles of ABC genes in two spider mite strains, MR-VP and MAR-AB, that are resistant to multiple pesticides [ 42].
