Erratum to: Helicobacter pylori Isolated from a Patient with Ménétrier’s Disease Increases Hepatocyte Growth Factor mRNA Expression in Gastric Fibroblasts: Comparison with Helicobacter pylori Isolated from Other Gastric Diseases

Erratum to: Dig Dis Sci (2008) 53:1785–1791 DOI 10.1007/s10620-007-0070-4

We noticed errors in Figs. 3 and 4 and in their respective captions of the published article. The correct figures and captions are given below:

Fig. 3

a Quantitative RT-PCR of GADPH and cytokine mRNA expression induced by H. pylori ATCC43504 (control); b relative mRNA expression of IL-1β, c IL-6, d IL-8, e HGF, f TGF-α, g TGF-β1, and h TNF-α induced by different H. pylori strains in MKN45 cells. H. pylori strains: (a) ATCC43504, (b) MH1401, (c) MH1208, (d) MH1303, (e) MH1112, and (f) MH1115. mRNA expression was standardized against GAPDH mRNA levels, and is expressed relative to the control H. pylori strain (=100%). Results are expressed as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. * p < 0.05 (b) versus (a), (c), (e) or (f). ** p < 0.05 (b) versus (a), (c), (d), (e) or (f)

Fig. 4

a Quantitative RT-PCR of GADPH and cytokine mRNA expression induced by H. pylori ATCC43504 (control); b relative mRNA expression of IL-1β, c IL-6, d IL-8, e HGF, f TGF-α, g TGF-β1, and h TNF-α induced by different H. pylori strains in human gastric fibroblasts. H. pylori strains: (a) ATCC43504, (b) MH1401, (c) MH1208, (d) MH1303, (e) MH1112, and (f) MH1115. mRNA expression was standardized against GAPDH mRNA quantification, and is expressed relative to the control H. pylori strain (=100%). Results are expressed as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. * p < 0.05 (b) versus (e) or (f). ** p < 0.001 (b) versus (a), (c), (e) or (f)