Int J Mol Med 46: 1993-2006, 2020; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4737

Following the publication of the above article, an interested reader drew to the authors' attention that, concerning the Von Kossa staining experiments shown in Fig. 5E on p. 2002, the 'NC' and 'OvercircRNA-0079201+miR-140-3p mimic' data panels appeared to contain an overlapping section of data, such that data which were intended to show the results of different experiments had apparently been derived from the same original source. In addition, it was also noted that the COL10A1 western blots featured in Fig. 5D were strikingly similar to blots that had appeared in an article in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine by the same research group.

In their response, the authors confirmed that the only figure part requiring correction was the 'NC' von Kossa staining panel in Fig. 5E; concerning the COL10A1 western blot in Fig. 5D, after re-examining the original experimental records and source files, they could confirm that this panel was derived from experiments conducted specifically for the above article.

The revised version of Fig. 5, now showing the correct data for the 'NC' data panel in Fig. 5E, is shown on the next page. The authors can confirm that the errors associated with this figure did not have any significant impact on either the results or the conclusions reported in this study, and all the authors agree with the publication of this Corrigendum. The authors are grateful to the Editor of International Journal of Molecular Medicine for allowing them the opportunity to publish this Corrigendum; furthermore, they apologize to the readership of the Journal for any inconvenience caused.