Corrigendum: O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression in U1242 glioblastoma cells enhances in vitro clonogenicity, tumor implantation in vivo, and sensitivity to alisertib-carboplatin combination treatment

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O⁶-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression in U1242 glioblastoma cells enhances in vitro clonogenicity, tumor implantation in vivo, and sensitivity to alisertib-carboplatin combination treatment

by Sak, M., Williams, B. J., Hey, A. J., Sharma, M., Schier, L., Wilson, M. J., Ortega, M., Lara, A. I., Brentlinger, M. N., and Lehman, N. L. (2025). Front. Cell. Neurosci. 19:1552015. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2025.1552015

In the published article, there was an error in the article title. Instead of “O 6 -methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression in U1242 GBM cells enhances in vitro clonogenicity, tumor implantation in vivo, and sensitivity to alisertibcarboplatin combination treatment”, it should be “O⁶-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression in U1242 glioblastoma cells enhances in vitro clonogenicity, tumor implantation in vivo, and sensitivity to alisertib-carboplatin combination treatment.”

In the published article, the references for all of the citations was incorrectly written. It should be:

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In the published article, there was an error in Results, paragraph 5. The sentence previously stated:

“Thus MGMT KO in U1210 cells and MGMT KD in U1210, T98 and LN18 gliomas cells all decrease anchorage-independent clonogenicity in soft agar.”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Thus, MGMT KO in U1242 cells and MGMT KD in U1242, T98, and LN18 gliomas cells all decrease anchorage-independent clonogenicity in soft agar.”

In the published article, affiliation 6 was erroneously omitted and the corresponding affiliation number was not added for author Norman L. Lehman. Affiliation 6 has now been added as below: “6. Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that they do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in anyway. The original article has been updated.

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