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Article History

Accepted: 27 July 2023

First Online: 7 August 2023

Change Date: 25 October 2025

Change Type: Update

Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised: The original published version of this article, Figures 2A and 2B were inadvertently duplicated from Figures 1A and 1B of the previously published article, “Therapeutic Potential of Hair Follicle-Derived Stem Cell Intranasal Transplantation in a Rat Model of Ischemic Stroke” (BMC Neuroscience, 2022, 23:47). These images were used only for illustrative purposes to show the rat whisker pad and its hair follicle, and no data were obtained or analyzed from them in either study. This error does not affect the results, discussion, or conclusions of the article. The authors apologize for this oversight. Thus, the correct Figure 2 caption should be Hair follicle stem cells in vitro expansion and characteristics. To isolate hair follicle stem cells, the hair follicles of rat whisker pads were dissected (A,B), and the bulge area excised and explanted on collagen coated plates. Few days later, migrated stem cells appeared around the bulges (C), scale bar: 100 μm. Almost all migrated stem cells are nestin (D) and SOX10 positive (E). Immunostaining of cytoskeletal filamentous actin with phalloidin revealed the general morphology of migrated stem cells and their cytoskeletal arrangements (F). Also, β III Tubulin (G) and MAP2 (H) expression confirm the ability of these stem cells to generate neurons in vitro. The spheroid formation assay revealed that these stem cells generate tight spheroids in agarose coated plates (I). Cell nuclei were counterstained with DAPI. Images are examples of three different assessments for each immunostaining (n = 3), scale bar: 50 μm. Adapted from Mousavi et al. (2022) 23:47, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-022-00732-w

Change Date: 10 November 2025

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:

Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-025-11012-5

Declarations

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: This project entitled “Evaluation of oxytocin effect on hair follicle-derived stem cells” was approved by the Animal Care Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (Approval number: IR.SUMS.AEC.1401.111). All eight rats used in this study were euthanized under CO2 inhalation in accordance with Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, and approved by the government of the Oberpfalz, Germany. Hair follicles and cortical tissues were immediately obtained from euthanized animals. No experiment was performed on animals. The study is reported in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.