Example sentences for: weakly

How can you use “weakly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • We have studied the expression of c-kit (CD117) in the non-small cell lung cancer patients, and we found that approximately 13% of the tumor specimens were weakly positive for c-kit.

  • One likely explanation for the negative effect is that mCul1 overexpression leads to sequestration of some limiting SCF components into weakly active complexes.

  • are still trying, poor dears, to be outrageous" (the Washington Post ). Rachel Whiteread's work gets a sprinkling of praise, and some critics weakly contend that "the best work in the exhibition basically does what all good art should do: It makes you think" (Michael Kimmelman, the New York Times ). But the lack of enthusiasm is palpable.

  • By applying in situ hybridization, Tuck and colleagues identified breast tumor cells as a source of OPN [ 13 ] . Using a semiquantitative scoring system to evaluate immunohistochemical staining, these investigators found a correlation between OPN positivity (defined as >33% of tumor cells in a section staining for OPN) in lymph node-negative primary breast carcinomas and patient survival, suggesting that tumor cells with elevated OPN levels may behave differently with regard to disease progression [ 13 ] . Another recent study showed immunohistochemically that while OPN protein is expressed weakly in normal breast tissue, OPN is expressed strongly (>50% tumor cell staining) in pregnant/lactating tissue and in the majority (66%) of breast carcinomas.

  • 4- to 1.6-fold) increases in level of MHCII, and remained weakly inducible even when concentration of IFNg was increased to 10 4IU/ml (Figure 1).


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