Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30256-0, published online 21 March 2023


The original version of this Article contained errors in Figures 3 and 4, where the control groups were incorrectly incorporated into the graphs of each panel (A–E), respectively. The original Figures 3 and 4 and their accompanying legend appear below.

Figure 3
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Enhanced accumulation and activation of T cells by Ce6-PDT in the melanoma mouse tumors. (A-E) Flow cytometry analysis to count and estimate the intratumoral fraction of (A) CD3+, (B) CD45+, (C) CD25+, (D) CD103+, and (E) CD39+ T cells, isolated from the irradiated right and non-irradiated left tumors in control, Abseff and Absineff group. After 28 days of tumor cell injection, T cells in tumor tissues were isolated from B16F10 tumor-bearing mice. Data are from an experiment representative with n = 3 in the control, n = 3 in the abscopal effective, and n = 4 in the abscopal ineffective group. *P < 0.05 compared to right control tumor. #P < 0.05 compared to right tumor of the abscopal effective group, $P < 0.05 compared to left control tumor, and &P < 0.05 compared to left tumor of the abscopal effective group (by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for multiple comparisons).

Figure 4
figure 4

Flow cytometric analysis of the immune cell in the irradiated and non-irradiated tumor of melanoma mouse tumors. Percentages of (A) CD11c+, (B) F4/80+, (C) NK1.1+ (D) CD86+, and (E) CD 206+ in irradiated and non-irradiated tumor in control, Abseff group, and Abseff group. Data are from an experiment representative with n = 3 in the control, n = 3 in the effective, and n = 4 in the ineffective group. *P < 0.05 compared to right control tumor. #P < 0.05 compared to right tumor of the abscopal effective group, $P < 0.05 compared to left control tumor, and &P < 0.05 compared to left tumor of the abscopal effective group (by one-way ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test for multiple comparisons).


As a result, the Figure legends of Figure 3 and Figure 4 contained errors, where for Figure 3


“*P < 0.05 compared to right control tumor. #P < 0.05 compared to right tumor of the abscopal effective group, $P < 0.05 compared to left control tumor, and &P < 0.05 compared to left tumor of the abscopal effective group (by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for multiple comparisons).”


now reads:


“*p < 0.05 compared to irradiated right tumors in abscopal effective group. #p < 0.05 compared to irradiated right tumors in abscopal ineffective group (by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for multiple comparisons).”


And for Figure 4,


“*P < 0.05 compared to right control tumor. #P < 0.05 compared to right tumor of the abscopal effective group, $P < 0.05 compared to left control tumor, and &P < 0.05 compared to left tumor of the abscopal effective group (by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for multiple comparisons).”


now reads:


“*p < 0.05 compared to irradiated right tumors in abscopal effective group. #p < 0.05 compared to irradiated right tumors in abscopal ineffective group (by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for multiple comparisons).”


The original Article has been corrected.