Correction to: Cytokeratin 8 is increased in hepatitis C virus cells and its ectopic expression induces apoptosis of SMMC7721 cells

Abstract

This is an erratum to "Sun MZ, Dang SS, Wang WJ, Jia XL, Zhai S, Zhang X, Li M, Li YP, Xun M. Cytokeratin 8 is increased in hepatitis C virus cells and its ectopic expression induces apoptosis of SMMC7721 cells". Due to current publication standards, Figures 1A and 7A in this manuscript are identical to images appearing in Chinese articles published by other authors in our research group. These figures will therefore be replaced with alternative images from the same experimental batch. This modification did not affect the study's results or conclusions.

Key Words: World Journal of Gastroenterology; Correction

Core Tip: This manuscript is to add a correction note to “Sun MZ, Dang SS, Wang WJ, Jia XL, Zhai S, Zhang X, Li M, Li YP, Xun M. Cytokeratin 8 is increased in hepatitis C virus cells and its ectopic expression induces apoptosis of SMMC7721 cells. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19 (37): 6178-6187 PMID: 24115814 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i37.6178”.

CORRECTION

This is to formally request the publication of a correction for the article[1]. During figure preparation, I inadvertently selected duplicate images for publication, resulting in an incorrect image being used in Figures 1A and 7A (Supplementary material). These figures will therefore be replaced with alternative images from the same experimental batch (Figure 1).

Figure 1 The corrected images. A: Changes in indirect immunofluorescence detection of hepatitis C virus core proteins (400 ×). Huh-7-hepatitis C virus (HCV) cells exhibited bright green fluorescence and were positive for the HCV core protein, which was labelled with GFP, replaced formally Figure 1A; B: Changes in cytokeratin 8 protein levels after transfection, replaced formally Figure 7A. CK8: Cytokeratin 8.

This error does not affect the overall conclusions of the study, but we believe it is important to correct it for accuracy and reproducibility. We sincerely apologize for this oversight and appreciate the opportunity to rectify it.