In the original article, there was a mistake in Table 1 as published. The incorrect original research articles were referenced for some of the table cells. The corrected Table 1 appears below.
Table 1.
Evidence supporting the prion-like characteristics of ALS-associated proteins.
| Protein/Gene | in vitro fibril formation | in vitro fibril seeding | Cell seeding with in vitro protein | Cell-to-cell propagation | Human to cell propagation | in vitro to animal propagation | Animal to animal propagation | Human to animal propagation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOD1 | ✓ Chattopadhyay et al. (2008) |
✓ Chia et al. (2010) |
✓ Munch et al. (2011) |
✓ Grad et al. (2014) |
✓ Pokrishevsky et al. (2017) |
✓ Ayers et al. (2016a) |
✓ Ayers et al. (2014) |
✓ Ekhtiari Bidhendi et al. (2018) |
| TDP-43 | ✓ Johnson et al. (2009) |
✓ Furukawa et al. (2011) |
✓ Furukawa et al. (2011) |
✓ Nonaka et al. (2013) |
✓ Nonaka et al. (2013) |
– | – | ✓ Porta et al. (2018) |
| FUS | ✓ Nomura et al. (2014) |
✓ Nomura et al. (2014) |
– | – | – | – | – | – |
| C9orf72 (DPRs) | – | – | – | ✓ Westergard et al. (2016) |
– | – | – | – |
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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