Erratum to: Age-Related Changes in Collagen Properties and Mineralization in Cancellous and Cortical Bone in the Porcine Mandibular Condyle

Erratum to: Calcif Tissue Int (2010) 86:307–312 DOI 10.1007/s00223-010-9339-2

In our article ‘Age-Related Changes in Collagen Properties and Mineralization in Cancellous and Cortical Bone in the Porcine Mandibular Condyle’ (Calcif. Tissue Int. 2010 Apr; 86:307–312), we reported the abundance of Pentosidine cross-links in bone from the porcine mandibular condyle. Lately, new measurements performed on bone tissue from the contralateral mandibular condyles of the same animals revealed significantly lower Pentosidine cross-links than we had originally reported. An inspection of the data published in that article reveals that the unit of measure of Pentosidine cross-links presented in Fig. 2a is incorrect. The parameter should be mmol Pentosidine per triple helix instead of mol Pentosidine per triple helix. A revised Fig. 2 is reported here. Importantly, this revision does not alter the conclusions of the article. We regret the error.

Fig. 2

Numbers of a Pen, b HP + LP, c HP and d LP cross-links per collagen molecule as a function of age. Filled diamond cancellous bone; open triangle cortical bone. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001