Errata

In the article, “Lipid droplet formation in leprosy: Toll-like receptor-regulated organelles involved in eicosanoid formation and Mycobacterium leprae pathogenesis,” by Katherine A. Mattos, Heloisa D'Avila, Luciana S. Rodrigues, Viviane G. C. Oliveira, Euzenir N. Sarno, Georgia C. Atella, Geraldo M. Pereira, Patricia T. Bozza, and Maria Cristina V. Pessolani, which appeared in Volume 87, March 2010, of the Journal Leukocyte Biology (doi: 10.1189/jlb.0609433), the authors request that the following corrections be noted. In the Materials and Methods section, under the subhead “ML,” the first sentence should read “James Krahenbuhl (National Hansen's Disease Program, Laboratory Research Branch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA), through the American Leprosy Missions, the Order of St. Lazarus, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH (Bethesda, MD, USA), Contract No. 155262, kindly provided ML, prepared from footpads of athymic nu/nu mice.” Under the same subhead, the sentence “Aliquots were stored at −20°C and thawed immediately before use” should be transferred to just after the phrase “Part of the ML suspension was killed by g-irradiation [37].” Under the subhead “Isolation and treatment of mononuclear phagocytes with ML,” the sentence “Cultures were then washed three times with PBS and incubated with for 24, 48, and 72 h at 37°C in 5% CO₂” should read “Cultures were then washed three times with PBS and incubated with dead ML for 24, 48, and 72 h at 37°C in 5% CO₂. In assays where live vs. dead ML were compared, cultures were kept at 33°C.” This article has been corrected online. The authors regret any inconvenience caused by these errors.