Int J Oncol 47: 1273-1281, 2015; DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2015.3134

Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, regarding the western blots shown in Figs. 1C and 3A, the six lanes for the control β-tubulin blots shown in Fig. 1C appeared strikingly similar to the β-tubulin blots in Fig. 3A, albeit the bands in Fig. 3A appeared to have been horizontally stretched.

The authors were able to check their original data, and realized that Fig. 3 had inadvertently been assembled incorrectly. A revised version of Fig. 3, now showing data for both the Akt1 and β-tubulin blots from one of the repeated experiments, is shown opposite. All authors confirm that the errors made in assembling Fig. 3 did not have a major impact on the conclusions reported in the above article, and they thank the Editor of International Journal of Oncology for allowing them the opportunity to publish a Corrigendum. Furthermore, all the authors agree to the publication of this Corrigendum, and apologize to the readers for any inconvenience caused.