Correction for Huang et al., A functional SNP of interferon-γ gene is important for interferon-α-induced and spontaneous recovery from hepatitis C virus infection

MEDICAL SCIENCES. For the article “A functional SNP of interferon-γ gene is important for interferon-α-induced and spontaneous recovery from hepatitis C virus infection,” by Ying Huang, Huiying Yang, Brian B. Borg, Xiaowen Su, Shannon L. Rhodes, Kai Yang, Xiaomei Tong, George Tang, Charles D. Howell, Hugo R. Rosen, Chloe L. Thio, David L. Thomas, Harvey J. Alter, Ronda K. Sapp, and T. Jake Liang, which appeared in issue 3, January 16, 2007, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (104:985–990; first published January 10, 2007; 10.1073/pnas.0609954104), the authors note an error in the sentence beginning on line 9 of the Abstract; “A SNP variant located in the proximal IFN-γ promoter region next to the binding motif of heat shock transcription factor (HSF), −764G, was significantly associated with sustained virological response [P = 0.04, odds ratio (OR) = 3.51 (confidence interval 1.0–12.5)]” should instead read: “A SNP variant located in the proximal IFN-γ promoter region next to the binding motif of heat shock transcription factor (HSF), −764G, was significantly associated with sustained virological response [P = 0.01, odds ratio (OR) = 2.66 (confidence interval 1.3–5.6)].” This error does not affect the conclusions of the article.