Correction: Mechanism of the traditional Chinese medicine SMBJ alleviates diabetes mellitus-induced Leydig cell dysfunction in rats testes

Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-23251-0, published online 12 November 2025

The original version of the Article contained an error in Figure 4. Due to the error during figure assembly, the image corresponding to the HMBJ group was inadvertently placed in the WT group.

The original Figure 4 and accompanying legend appear below.

Fig. 4.

SMBJ may improve testicular interstitial injury caused by diabetes through the METTL3/PI3K/AKT pathway. (A), (B), (C) and (F) Results of Western blot analysis of METTL3, P-AKT/AKT, and P-PI3K/PI3K expression in testicular tissue from the five groups. The data shown are the means ± standard deviations (n = 3). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001. (D) and (E) Immunohistochemistry (IHC) of METTL3 (n = 3). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.

The original Article has been corrected.