Exp Ther Med 24:[Related article:] 707, 2022; DOI:
10.3892/etm.2022.11643
Subsequently to the publication of the above
article, an interested reader drew to the authors’ attention that
there were a number of potential errors distributed throughout the
text that were likely to have distorted the sense of what the
authors were intending to convey. After having consulted the
authors about these points, it was confirmed that there were
certain aspects of the review that were in need of correction /
clarification.
This corrigendum therefore aims to rectify the
problem of the incorrect factual information presented in this
review, as follows (changes to the published text are highlighted
in bold):
i) In the section “3. Biochemistry of hemoglobin
A1c” on p. 2, line 7, the sentence starting here should have
read as: “In the presence of glucose, glycan interacts with
the amino group of Hb.”;
ii) In the same section, on line 10, the sentence
starting here should have read as: “The first step is the reaction
of the aldehyde group of glucose with the NH2 group of
the amino acid to form a Schiff base or aldimine,...”;
iii) In the same section, the sentence concluding on
line 16 should have read as, “... which contains a more stable and
irreversible ketoamine bond, yielding HbA1c.”
iv) In the section “4. HbA1c detection
methods”, towards the bottom of the left-hand column of p. 2,
the first sentence in the second paragraph should have simply read:
“The boronate affinity chromatography (BAC) method is often used as
a reference method in several studies.” (it was incorrect to have
stated that “it can reveal the presence of Hb variants with minimal
analytical interference.”);
v) finally, where the term “glycosylation” was
featured in this review (especially in the subsection
“Drugs” in the right-hand column of p. 6), the authors wish
to clarify that they were referring throughout to
“non-enzymatic glycosylation (otherwise, known as
“glycation”), as was specifically stated in line 8 of this
subsection.
The authors thank the interested reader for bringing
this matter to their attention. 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 misunderstandings or confusion caused.
