IJMM International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1107-3756 1791-244X D.A. Spandidos 10.3892/ijmm.2022.5091 ijmm-49-03-05091 Corrigendum SCF increases cardiac stem cell migration through PI3K/AKT and MMP-2/-9 signaling GuoJunli JieWei ShenZhihua LiMengsen LanYouling KongYueqiong GuoShaoli LiTianfa ZhengShaojiang 03 2022 24 01 2022 49 3 36 Copyright: © Guo et al. 2022 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

Int J Mol Med 34: 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.

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.

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.