Erratum: Krüppel-like factor 5 promotes the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma via the baculoviral IAP repeat containing 5 gene

Erratum to: Ann Transl Med 2022;10:969.

The article (1) titled “Krüppel-like factor 5 promotes the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma via the baculoviral IAP repeat containing 5 gene” (doi: 10.21037/atm-22-3728) unfortunately contains an error in Figure 2. The images of Figure 2B selected to represent the flow cytometric analysis of the apoptosis of control (Si-NC group) and treatment groups were mistakenly duplicated in CAL27 cells.

Figure 2B of the original article:

The corrected Figure 2 is as follows:

Figure 2 Cell malignant behaviors were promoted after KLF5 knockdown. (A-C) The cell apoptosis rate was tested and calculated after 48 h. Cells in the lower left indicate the live cell population, while cells in the lower right and upper right represent apoptosis. (D) A significant difference was observed (n=3). (E) DOK, (F) CAL27, and (G) SCC15 cells were treated with si-NC or si-KLF5 for 24, 48, and 72 h. (H) Comparison of the differences in cell proliferation at 48 h (n=3). (I) Images of the wound healing area were captured for further comparison of wound closure differences after treatment with si-NC or si-KLF5 in DOK, CAL27, and SCC15 cells [percentage wound closure (%) = (width at hour 0 – width at hour 24)/(width at hour 0) × 100]. (J) Significant differences were observed in graphs depicting the width of the wound scratch after treatment (n=3). Scale bars: 100 µm. *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01; ***, P<0.001. si-NC, non-specific siRNA; si-KLF5, siRNA specifically targeting KLF5.

The authors regretted the error and confirmed it did not significantly affect either the results or the conclusions of the paper.

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References

1. Li Y, Shi W, Shen Y, et al. Krüppel-like factor 5 promotes the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma via the baculoviral IAP repeat containing 5 gene. Ann Transl Med 2022;10:969. [Crossref] [PubMed]