The phrase "augments this effect" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how something enhances or increases the impact of a particular effect or outcome.
Example: "The new marketing strategy augments this effect, leading to higher customer engagement."
Alternatives: "enhances this effect" or "increases this effect."
Because of, IGF-1 induced glucose taken and improved the insulin sensitivity [ 53, 54], increased its expression augmented this effect in diabetic rats treated with curcumin.
Sulfonation (N-, 3- O and 6- O) significantly augmented this effect by blocking pseudorotation, but did not alter the rotational preferences of hydroyxl or hydroxymethyl groups.
These data imply that oestradiol alone may increase breast cancer risk through the stimulation of mitosis, but it remains possible that, in premenopausal women, progesterone may augment this effect of oestradiol.
In BT-474 TR cells in culture, we detected higher extracellular HER2 levels than in the parent line (Table 1), and we observed that rhMMP9 augmented this effect (data not shown).
The data in this study also demonstrate that the PKCβ inhibitor augments the effect of natural product chemotherapeutic agents on multidrug-resistant neuroblastoma cells.
Another study demonstrated that overexpression of PPARγ suppressed glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from MIN6 cells, and pioglitazone augmented this inhibitory effect, suggesting a negative role of PPARγ on pancreatic β-cell function (25).
The cause of this resistance seems to be the remaining anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL as treatment with ABT737 alone induces cell death in PC3 cells and the combination of sorafenib with ABT737 augmented this cytotoxic effect to levels similar as those detected in 22Rv1.
Given the findings in this study, it will be important to determine if targeting Ron augments the effect of EGFR inhibitors in HNSCCs.
Then, we performed XTT proliferation assay to examine if stimulation of Ron augments the effect of EGF on cell growth.
