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CORRECTION article

Front. Oncol., 15 July 2025

Sec. Head and Neck Cancer

Volume 15 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1651340

Correction: Heterotypic neutrophil-in-tumor structure: a novel pathological feature first discovered in the tissues of OPSCC

Jie Fan*Jie Fan1*Peng LiPeng Li1Qigen FangQigen Fang1Yang YangYang Yang2He ZhangHe Zhang3Wei Du,Wei Du1,4Shanting Liu*Shanting Liu1*Ruihua Luo*Ruihua Luo1*
  • 1Department of Head Neck and Thyroid Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
  • 2Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
  • 3Department of Pathology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
  • 4Department of Anatomy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

A Correction on
Heterotypic neutrophil-in-tumor structure: a novel pathological feature first discovered in the tissues of OPSCC

By Fan J, Li P, Fang Q, Yang Y, Zhang H, Du W, Liu S and Luo R (2022). Front. Oncol. 12:807597. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.807597

In the published article, there was an error in Figure 5B as published. In the original Figure 5, the fluorescent staining images of Figure 5B was vague, and the third image from the left in the first row of Figure 5B was mistakenly used in the work of another colleague in my lab, so I decided to delete Figure 5B.

The updated Figure 5 appear below.

Figure 5
Panel A displays microscopic images of SCC-15-H and SCC-15-L cells stained in different colors for merged view, SCC-15, neutrophils, and nuclei, alongside bright-field images. Panel B shows a bar graph of cell-in-cell percentage for SCC-15, with higher values in H1 and H2 compared to L1 and L2. Panel C presents a bar graph of relative CDKN2A mRNA levels, higher in L1 and L2 compared to H1 and H2. Scale bars in images indicate 10 micrometers.

Figure 5. Fluorescent staining result of typical hNiT structures formed between SCC-15 and HL-60 cells which negatively correlate with CDKN2A expression. (A) Fluorescent staining images of typical hNiT structures formed between SCC-15-H or SCC-15-L and HL-60 cells (SCC-15-H: subpopulation of SCC-15 with the high ability to internalize more HL-60 cells to form hNiT; SCC-15-L: subpopulation of SCC-15 with the low ability to internalize less HL-60 cells to form hNiT). Scale bars: 10μm. (B) The hNiT formation in H1, H2, L1 and L2 subpopulations of SCC-15 cells. (C) The CDKN2A expression in H1, H2, L1 and L2 subpopulations of SCC-15 cells (H1 and H2: subpopulations of SCC-15 with the high ability to internalize more HL-60 cells to form hNiT; L1 and L2: subpopulations of SCC-15 with the low ability to internalize less HL-60 cells to form hNiT).

In the published article, there was an error in the legend for Figure 5 as published. Because original Figure 5B was decided to be deleted, the relevant legend for original Figure 5B was to be deleted accordingly. The original legend numbers “(C) and (D)” for Figure 5C and 5D were changed to “(B) and (C)”, respectively.

The corrected legend appears below.

“Fluorescent staining result of typical hNiT structures formed between SCC-15 and HL-60 cells which negatively correlate with CDKN2A expression. (A) Fluorescent staining images of typical hNiT structures formed between SCC-15-H or SCC-15-L and HL-60 cells(SCC-15-H: subpopulation of SCC-15 with the high ability to internalize more HL-60 cells to form hNiT; SCC-15-L: subpopulation of SCC-15 with the low ability to internalize less HL-60 cells to form hNiT). Scale bars: 10μm. (B) The hNiT formation in H1, H2, L1 and L2 subpopulations of SCC-15 cells. (C) The CDKN2A expression in H1, H2, L1 and L2 subpopulations of SCC-15 cells (H1 and H2: subpopulations of SCC-15 with the high ability to internalize more HL-60 cells to form hNiT; L1 and L2: subpopulations of SCC-15 with the low ability to internalize less HL-60 cells to form hNiT)”.

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: heterotypic neutrophil-in-tumor structure, oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, p16, disease-specific survival, pathological feature

Citation: Fan J, Li P, Fang Q, Yang Y, Zhang H, Du W, Liu S and Luo R (2025) Correction: Heterotypic neutrophil-in-tumor structure: a novel pathological feature first discovered in the tissues of OPSCC. Front. Oncol. 15:1651340. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1651340

Received: 21 June 2025; Accepted: 30 June 2025;
Published: 15 July 2025.

Edited and Reviewed by:

Avraham Eisbruch, University of Michigan, United States

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