Sentence examples for towards a decrease of from inspiring English sources

We observed an increase of TNF-α mRNA median levels (p = 0.02) and a trend towards a decrease of IL-10 mRNA (p = 0.07) in placenta from HIV-1 positive women compared to the HIV negative ones leading to a median TNF-α/IL-10 mRNA ratio significantly higher among HIV-1 positive than among HIV-1 negative placenta (p = 0.004; 1.5 and 0.8, respectively).

However, a tendency towards a decrease of total cholesterol and LDL levels and an increase of HDL levels was observed.

There was a trend towards a decrease of unplanned first dialysis and an increase of the proportion of sustainable access used for this first dialysis (Table  4).

In mice receiving prophylactic (i.e. preventive) vaccination, we noted a trend towards a decrease of cytokine secretion in the treated mice although this did not reach statistical significance.

After the olive oil-based breakfast intake, a tendency towards a decrease of total cholesterol and LDL levels and an increase of HDL levels was observed.

Changes between 6 and 12 months' follow-up showed a trend towards a decrease of collagen type II breakdown marker CTXII (−11±39%; p=0.078) and an increase of collagen type II synthesis marker PIIANP (+103±298%; p=0.060).

In amphibians, functional diversity declined dramatically towards OP indicating a decrease of their ecological function.

The pronounced increase of A1 between generations 2200 and 2400 towards fixation entails a decrease of b1 to 0.5254.

The systematic behavior observR ed consists in an increase of the mean NCs radius (translation of the radius distribution towards higher sizes) and a decrease of σ (narrowing of radius distribution) when annealing temperature and/or time are increased.

For samples with a measured slightly acidic pH (e.g., RinCo), modeled in situ pH will trend also towards neutral conditions resulting in a decrease of modeled mean temperature.

Indeed, an increase in blood flow to the skeletal muscle may either reflect an overall increase of flow to the body or instead may hint towards a steel phenomenon, hiding a decrease of flow to the vital organs.