[Corrigendum] Role of Smad3 signaling in the epithelial‑mesenchymal transition of the lens epithelium following injury

Subsequently to the publication of the above paper, an interested reader drew to the authors' attention that, concerning the immunofluorescence images shown in Fig. 2C on p. 855, the 'Blank/E‑cadherin' and 'TGF‑β2‑SIS3/E‑cadherin' data panels appeared to show the same data, albeit with different intensities of staining. In addition, in Fig. 3B on p. 856, the GAPDH blots shown for the '7 days' and '28 days' experiment gels were strikingly similar in appearance, in spite of different experiments being reported. After having asked the authors to explain the apparent anomalies in these figures, they realized that they had been assembled erroneously. Corrected versions of Figs. 2 and 3, now showing the correct data for the 'TGF‑β2‑SIS3/E‑cadherin' experiment in Fig. 2C and the GAPDH western blots for the '28 days' experiment in Fig. 3B, are shown opposite and on the next page. The errors made in assembling Figs. 2 and 3 did not grossly affect either the results or the conclusions reported in this paper. All the authors agree with the publication of this corrigendum, and are grateful to the Editor of <i>International Journal of Molecular Medicine</i> for allowing them the opportunity to present this; moreover, the Editor and the authors apologize to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [International Journal of Molecular Medicine 42: 851‑860, 2018; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2018.3662].