Exp Ther Med 9:[Related article:] 1401–1406, 2015; DOI:
10.3892/etm.2015.2220
Subsequently to the publication of the above article,
an interested reader drew to the authors’ attention that the mRNA
bands presented in Fig. 3B appeared
to contain an overlapping band held in common, comparing between
the Akt and the GAPDH bands. The authors realized that an error had
indeed been made during the assembly of the data into this figure;
essentially, the incorrect bands had been included in the figure to
represent the Akt mRNA expression experiment.
In view of the time that has elapsed since this
article was published, the authors elected to repeat the agarose
gel electrophoresis experiments in question, and have found that
the new data supports the same conclusions as those presented in
the original paper. The revised version of Fig. 3 is shown opposite, now featuring new
data for Fig. 3B, showing the mRNA
expression levels of PI3K and Akt in A431 cells following treatment
with 45 mM metformin for 12, 24 and 36 h.
Note that this error did not have a major impact on
either the overall results or on the conclusions reported in this
study. The authors regret the errors that were made during the
compilation of the data into Fig.
3B. All the authors agree with the publication of this
corrigendum, and are grateful to the Editor of Experimental and
Therapeutic Medicine for granting them the opportunity to
publish this; furthermore, they apologize to the readership for any
inconvenience caused.
