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Correction To: A Cell-Free Sdkp-Conjugated Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogel Sufficient for Improvement of Myocardial Infarction (Biomolecules, (2020), 10, 2, (205), 10.3390/Biom10020205) Publisher Pubmed



Firoozi S1 ; Pahlavan S2 ; Ghanian MH3 ; Rabbani S4 ; Tavakol S5 ; Barekat M6 ; Yakhkeshi S2 ; Mahmoudi E7 ; Soleymani M5 ; Baharvand H2, 8
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  1. 1. Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1449614535, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, 1665659911, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Cell Engineering, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, 1665659911, Iran
  4. 4. Research Center for Advanced Technologies in Cardiovascular Medicine, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1416753955, Iran
  5. 5. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1449614535, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, 1665659911, Iran
  7. 7. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States
  8. 8. Department of Developmental Biology, University of Science and Culture, ACECR, Tehran, 1461968151, Iran

Source: Biomolecules Published:2024


Abstract

The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1]. Following publication, it was discovered that some of the representative images provided in Figures 4 and 5 have overlap with that in another published paper [2] and are incorrect. This occurred because the in vivo experiments were performed simultaneously with manuscript [2]. The two studies were related and investigated the regenerative potential of hydrogel-encapsulated mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) as well as MSC-derived exosomes for rat hearts after myocardial infarction. In order to minimize the number of control ani-mals as much as possible and to reduce the number of sacrificed rats for these projects, the same control rats served as the control group for all the treatment groups in both papers. This explains why the provided bar plot for the control group (vehicle) rats appeared the same in both figures from the two articles. To avoid overlapping figures, the representative images of vehicle group in Figure 4A and Figure 5A,B. are replaced as below. Furthermore, the representative images of Gel group were incorrect in Figure 5A and are therefore replaced. The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused to the readers of Biomolecules for this error. We would like to state that the scientific conclusions were un-affected. The published version will be updated on the article webpage, with a reference to this correction notice. Due to an issue relating to intellectual property, the (RADA)4-SDKP peptide sequence in Materials and Methods section is deleted as the authors requested. A correction has been made to 2. Materials and Methods, 2.1. Preparation of the (RADA)4-SDKP Hydrogel. © 2024 by the authors.