Article title: The secretion of cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with periodontitis and healthy controls when exposed to H2S
Authors: Amina Basic, Giovanni Serino, Åsa Leonhardt, Gunnar Dahlén and Johan Bylund
Journal: Journal of Oral Microbiology
Bibliometrics: Volume 11, Number 01, pages 1-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2021.1957368
It has been noted by the authors that the image of IL-8 in Figure 1 and Table 1 were incorrect in the published article. The corrected image of IL-8 in Figure 1 and Table 1 have been placed below. This correction has not changed the description, interpretation, or the original conclusions of the article. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Figure 1.

Table 1.
The median secretion (pg/mL) of the examined markers.
| Marker | Healthy | p-value | Periodontitis | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Cells |
Cells+NaHS |
|
Cells |
Cells+NaHS |
|
| TNF-α | 55.9 (59.1) | 94.4 (317) | 0.0004 | 95.3 (101) | 141 (298) | 0.001 |
| IFN-γ | 15.8 (11.2) | 24.7 (75.5) | 0.0007 | 28.23 (36.9) | 48.5 (82.2) | 0.003 |
| IL-6 | 53.6 (37.2) | 320 (1560) | <0.0001 | 150 (248) | 536 (1790) | 0.0009 |
| IL-8 | 8 950 (12 300) | 16 500 (18 200) | 0.0006 | 19 700 (8 000) | 19 700 (5 400) | 0.1040 |
| IL-12p40 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.030 | 0 (0) | 0 (25.3) | 0.0005 |
| IL-12p70 | 0 (0) | 0 (0.65) | 0.008 | 0 (0.48) | 0.41 (0.91) | 0.006 |
| IL-17 | 0.66 (0.92) | 0.91 (2.63) | 0.0005 | 1.03 (0.89) | 1.87 (3.11) | 0.0001 |
| MCP-1 | 190 (355) | 402 (511) | 0.006 | 603 (547) | 573 (640) | 0.885 |
| IL-1Ra | 753 (1090) | 390 (757) | 0.0001 | 746 (1370) | 644 (1110) | 0.094 |
The data are presented as medians (interquartile range). Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test was used to compare the two groups (cells vs cells+NaHS).
