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  • Furthermore, genes related with cell reprogramming are activated and play an important role during the regeneration process after damage.

My issue: I consulted my urologist friend, he told me that in their medical books, "genes related with cell reprogramming" is mentioned. I think that the preposition "to" could be placed before cell reprogramming, but reading the sentence with "to" gives a mismatched sound and vibe to the sentence. Please help.

Edwin Ashworth
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Harpreet Singh Kapula
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    I'd rephrase. '... genes involved in cell reprogramming ...'. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 16 '21 at 16:27
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    "cell reprogramming" isn't such a common thing for genes to be involved in, compared to, say, "inflammation". So here's the NGram for that one, showing that the only preposition that occurs often enough to chart in *genes related [preposition] inflammation* is in fact *to*. – FumbleFingers Mar 16 '21 at 16:39
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    There is one Google hit to a research paper with "genes related with cell reprogramming" but it is by researchers from a Chinese institution who appear to be Chinese and therefore they may not be the best guides for English preposition use. Possibly Chinese uses a different preposition/postposition. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359186/ – Stuart F Mar 16 '21 at 17:32
  • @EdwinAshworth I was also thinking the same. Thank you for your help. – Harpreet Singh Kapula Mar 17 '21 at 08:31
  • @FumbleFingers I never tried the NGram search feature. This is new to me but it was very helpful. Thank you for your help. – Harpreet Singh Kapula Mar 17 '21 at 08:32
  • @StuartF I read the full article. It was a good read but there were a lot of grammatical mistakes in the article. I believe a different proposition system does exist. Thank you for your help. – Harpreet Singh Kapula Mar 17 '21 at 08:35
  • I try to give you a fishing rod rather than a fish, if you understand that "idiomatic reference". – FumbleFingers Mar 17 '21 at 15:35

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