[Corrigendum] Umbilical cord‑derived mesenchymal stem cells promote proliferation and migration in MCF‑7 and MDA‑MB‑231 breast cancer cells through activation of the ERK pathway.

Abstract

Subsequently to the publication of the above paper, an interested reader drew to the authors' attention that a pair of data panels appeared to contain overlapping data in each of Fig. 3A and C on p. 1473, showing the results of Transwell migration and scratch‑wound assay experiments respectively, where the data panels were intended to have shown the results from differently performed experiments; moreover, control GAPDH western blotting data featured in Fig. 4B and 5A appeared to be matching, albeit the bands had been inserted into these figure parts in reversed orientations. The authors were able to re‑examine their original data, and realized that errors had occurred in the assembly of these figures through mislabelling of certain of their data files. Owing to the time that had passed since this paper was published, the authors offered to repeat the affected experiments, and the revised versions of Figs. 3, 4 and 5, showing new data for Figs. 3A, 3C, 4B and 5A, are shown on the next two pages. Given that the new experiments yielded data that were not significantly different from those obtained previously, the authors wish to emphasize that the re‑presentation of these figures with the new data does not affect the overall conclusions reported in the paper. The authors are grateful to the Editor of Oncology Reports for allowing them the opportunity to publish this corrigendum, and all the authors agree with the publication of this corrigendum; moreover, they apologize to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [Oncology Reports 34: 1469‑1477, 2015; DOI: 10.3892/or.2015.4109].