Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 18785; published online: 05 January 2016; updated: 16 February 2018

This Article contains errors in the Materials and Methods section under subheading ‘RNA Isolation and RT-PCR in zebrafish’.

“One microgram of total RNA was reverse transcribed using MMLV reverse transcriptase and cDNA was amplified with the following primers: Danio rerio β-actin, 5′-CAGCAAGCAGGAGTACGATGAGT-3′ and 5′-TTGAATCTCATTGCTAGGCCATT-3′; Danio rerio IL-8a, 5′-AGCTTGAGAGGTCTGGCTGTAGA-3′ and 5′-CGAGGCGTTGATAAGCTCTCTGCT-3′, Danio rerio IL-8b, 5′-TGTTTTCCTGGCATTTCTGACC-3′and 5′-TTTACAGTGTGGGCT TGGAGGG-3′, Danio rerio VEGF-A, 5′-GATGTGATTCCCTTCATGGATGTGT-3′ and 5′-GGATACTCCTGGATG ATGTCTACCA-3′.”

should read:

“One microgram of total RNA was reverse transcribed using MMLV reverse transcriptase and cDNA was amplified with the following primers: Danio rerio VEGF-A, 5′-GATGTGATTCCCTTCATGGATGTGT-3′ and 5′-GGATACTCCTGGATGATGTCTACCA-3′; Danio rerio β-actin, 5′-CAGCAAGCAGGAGTACGATGAGT-3′ and 5′-TTGAATCTCATTGCTAGGCCATT-3′; for the IL-8 gene, amplification of two different fragments was performed with two couples of primers, hereafter be referred to as a and b: Danio rerio IL-8a, 5′-AGCTTGAGAGGTCTGGCTGTAGA-3′ and 5′-GCGTCGGCTTTCTGTTTCA-3′, Danio rerio IL-8b, 5′-TGTTTTCCTGGCATTTCTGACC-3′ and 5′-TTTACAGTGTGGGCTTGGAGGG-3′.”