Int J Mol Med 35:[Related article:] 1633–1640, 2015; DOI:
10.3892/ijmm.2015.2162
Subsequently to the publication of the above
article, the authors have realized that an error was introduced in
the preparation of Fig. 2B for publication. In Fig. 2B, the lanes
shown for the western blot were misannotated. Additionally, in the
legend of Fig. 2C, '24 h post-infection' should have been writ- ten
as '12 h post-infection'.
Furthermore, the description of the data shown in
Fig. 2B in the Results section (sentence commencing on p. 1635, the
sub- section 'HTNV activates caspase-1 and pro-IL-1β in THP-1
cells', line 10), was incomplete. The sentence here should have
read as follows (the added text is highlighted in bold): 'In order
to investigate whether caspase-1 was activated during HTNV
infection, the culture supernatant of HTNV-infected THP-1 was
ultra-filtered and an increased concentration of secreted caspase-1
was detected post-infection compared with the Mock group;
similar results were also observed in the LPS- and ATP-stimulated
groups (Fig. 2B)'.
The correct version of Fig. 2, with the lanes of the
western blot in Fig. 2B labelled correctly and the appropriate
changes having been made to the Figure legend, is shown opposite.
The errors associated with this Figure did not have an impact on
the overall meaning of the paper, or on the reported conclusions of
this study. The authors regret that this Figure was not corrected
prior to the publication of this article, and apologize to the
readership for any inconvenience caused.
