[Corrigendum] SCF increases cardiac stem cell migration through PI3K/AKT and MMP‑2/‑9 signaling

• Authors:
  • Junli Guo
  • Wei Jie
  • Zhihua Shen
  • Mengsen Li
  • Youling Lan
  • Yueqiong Kong
  • Shaoli Guo
  • Tianfa Li
  • Shaojiang Zheng

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  Affiliations: Cardiovascular Institute of Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical College, Haikou 571199, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine Science, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang 524023, P.R. China, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, Hainan Medical College, Haikou 571199, P.R. China
• Published online on: January 24, 2022     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2022.5091
• Article Number: 36

• Copyright : © Guo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY 4.0].

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Int J Mol Med 34: [Related article:] 112-118, 2014; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2014.1773

Following the publication of this article, the authors have realized that they mistakenly used the total AKT blot featured in Fig. 4A for the GAPDH blot in Fig. 3B on p. 116.

Figure 3 Effect of stem cell factor (SCF) on the expression and activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9. (A) SCF-induced MMP-2 and MMP-9 mRNA expression was measured by quantitative RT-PCR. (B) Western blot analysis of SCF-induced MMP-2 and MMP-9 protein levels. (C) Densitometric analysis of SCF-induced MMP-2 and MMP-9 enzymatic activity. Results are presented as means ± SD. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ΔP<0.05 and ΔΔP<0.01 versus control.

The corrected version of Fig. 3, featured the correct data for the GAPDH experiment, is shown opposite. The authors regret that this error was not picked up upon before the paper was sent to press, and thank the Editor of International Journal of Molecular Medicine for allowing them the opportunity to publish a corrigendum. The error did not affect either the results or the conclusions reported in the study, and all the authors agree to this corrigendum. Furthermore, they regret any inconvenience caused to the readership.

Figure 3 Effect of stem cell factor (SCF) on the expression and activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9. (A) SCF-induced MMP-2 and MMP-9 mRNA expression was measured by quantitative RT-PCR. (B) Western blot analysis of SCF-induced MMP-2 and MMP-9 protein levels. (C) Densitometric analysis of SCF-induced MMP-2 and MMP-9 enzymatic activity. Results are presented as means ± SD. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ΔP<0.05 and ΔΔP<0.01 versus control.