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Correction

Correction: Integrated bioinformatics-based identification of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Focus on fibrosis and immune infiltration

  • Juanhui Cao,
  • Fangyuan Dong,
  • Xianfeng Li,
  • Xuechun Zhu

In the Discussion section, there is an error in the second sentence of the seventh paragraph. The correct sentence is: To begin with, THBS1 activates latent TGF-β by direct binding, releasing active TGF-β, the most potent fibrosis inducer [53,54].

Reference

  1. 1. Cao J, Dong F, Li X, Zhu X. Integrated bioinformatics-based identification of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Focus on fibrosis and immune infiltration. PLoS One. 2026;21(2):e0343398. pmid:41729975

Citation: Cao J, Dong F, Li X, Zhu X (2026) Correction: Integrated bioinformatics-based identification of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Focus on fibrosis and immune infiltration. PLoS One 21(3): e0345652. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345652

Published: March 23, 2026

Copyright: © 2026 Cao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.