Correction: Heme oxygenase-1 prevents non-alcoholic steatohepatitis through suppressing hepatocyte apoptosis in mice

Correction: Lipids in Health and Disease 9, 124 (2010)

https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-9-124

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors noticed errors in Figs. 1A and 3A. In Fig. 1A, the authors have inadvertently used incorrect image for MCD + Ad-GFP panel. In Fig. 3A, the incorrect images for the MCD + hemin, MCD + Ad-GFP, and MCD + Ad-HO-1 panels were used. The updated versions of Figs. 1 and 3 are shown below.

Fig. 1.

Effect of HO-1 on hepatocyte apoptosis in mice fed with MCD diet at four weeks. A TUNEL staining for hepatocyte apoptosis in liver sections from mice administrated: control diet; MCD diet; MCD diet treated with hemin, ZnPP-IX,Ad-GFP, Ad-HO-1 and combination of Ad-HO-1 and hemin, respectively. (original magnification, ×400). B Quantitation of mean TUNEL-positive cells/field. Are expressed as mean ± SD. *P<0.01 compared with control; #P<0.05, ##P<0.01, compared with MCD feeding mice; $P<0.01, compared with MCD+Ad-GFP treated mice. Slides are representative of 6 animals per group

Fig. 3.

Effects of hemin and/or Ad-HO-1 on hepatic HO-1 protein expression in the liver of mice. A Immunostaining for HO-1 protein. B Effect of hemin and/or Ad-HO-1 on quantitative protein expression of HO-1. The expression of HO-1 was estimated by average area density (areas of positive cells/total areas) (originalare representative of 6 animals per group. magnification, ×200). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 6 per group). *P<0.001, compared with control; #P<0.01, compared with MCD feeding mice; $P<0.01, compared with MCD+ Ad-GFP treated mice

The authors confirm that the results and conclusions of the article are not affected by this correction and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.