Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33372-4, published online 08 October 2018


This Article contains errors in Figures 3 and 4, where the electron micrographs regarding an overlapped area of these images to another are incorrect in labels (q), (o), and (p). The correct Figures 3 and 4 and accompanying legends appear below.

Figure 3
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NDUFS1 and caspase-3 immunogold labelling at each stage of mitochondrial degeneration. NDUFS1 (ak) and caspase-3 (lv) gold labelling at all stages of liver mitochondrial degeneration: intact (a,f,l and q), swelling (b,g,m and r), spheroid (c,h,n and s), clumping (d,i,o and t) and ghost (e,j,p and u). Data in the bar graph is represented by mean ± SEM; *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01.

Figure 4
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TUFM and LC3 immunogold labelling at each stage of mitochondrial degeneration and Western blot analysis of TUFM. TUFM (ak) and LC3 (lv) gold labelling at all stages of liver mitochondrial degeneration: intact (a,f,l and q), swelling (b,g,m and r), spheroid (c,h,n and s), clumping (d,i,o and t) and ghost (e,j,p and u). Data in the bar graph is represented by mean ± SEM; **p < 0.01. Western blot analysis of the TUFM level between treated and non-treated rats (w). Full Western blot was provided in the supplementary file.