Correction for “Celecoxib induces apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell lines via inhibition of STAT3 phosphorylation” by Liu DB, Hu GY, Long GX, Qiu H, Mei Q, Hu GQ, which appeared in issue 5, 2012, of Acta Pharmacol Sin (33: 682–90; first published online Apr 16, 2012; 10.1038/aps.2012.18).

The authors note that on page 688, left column, the correct Figure 5 and legend should be

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Celecoxib inhibited STAT3 phosphorylation induced by IL-6. HNE1 cells were pretreated with celecoxib for 2 h followed by 25 ng/mL of IL-6 for 30 min. Western blot analysis was performed for STAT3 phosphorylation. IL-6 promoted pSTAT3 expression, which was significantly suppressed by celecoxib at concentrations of 25 and 50 μmol/L (A and B). The blots displayed are from a representative experiment repeated three times with similar results. cP<0.01 vs control.

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