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Front. Immunol., 13 February 2023
Sec. B Cell Biology
This article is part of the Research Topic B Cell Contributions to Innate Immunity View all 4 articles

Corrigendum: Loss of early B cell protein λ5 decreases bone mass and accelerates skeletal aging

Mohamed Khass*Mohamed Khass1*Harunur RashidHarunur Rashid2Peter D. BurrowsPeter D. Burrows3Amjad JavedAmjad Javed2Harry W. Schroeder Jr,*Harry W. Schroeder Jr1,3*
  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
  • 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
  • 3Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

A corrigendum on
Loss of early B cell protein λ5 decreases bone mass and accelerates skeletal aging

by Khass M, Rashid H, Burrows PD, Javed A and Schroeder HW Jr (2022). Front. Immunol. 13:906649. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.906649

In the published article [Reference number (4) in the Discussion section at the sentence that reads “The balance between OPG and RANKL activity is thus considered a major factor controlling bone remodeling. Loss of mature B cells impairs OPG/RANKL ratio leading to decreased cortical bone in four-month old µMT-/- C57BL/6 mice (4)”. This was incorrect and missing the correct reference and it should be changed to a new reference (B cells and T cells are critical for the preservation of bone homeostasis and attainment of peak bone mass in vivo. Blood. 2007 May 1; 109(9): 3839–3848. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-07-037994. PMCID: PMC1874582 PMID: 17202317)]. The citation has now been inserted in the Discussion section, and the paragraph should read:

“The balance between OPG and RANKL activity is thus considered a major factor controlling bone remodeling. Loss of mature B cells impairs OPG/RANKL ratio leading to decreased cortical bone in four-month old µMT-/- C57BL/6 mice (41)”.

In the published article, the reference for (25) in the introduction section at the sentence that reads “JH-/- B lineage cells lack all four JH gene segments, cannot produce immunoglobulin HC proteins, and thus cannot associate with SLC even in their secretory form (25)” was incorrect as “Glatt V, Canalis E, Stadmeyer L, Bouxsein ML. Age-related changes in trabecular architecture differ in female and male C57BL/6J mice. J Bone Miner Res (2007) 22(8):1197–207. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.070507”. It should be reference “Gu H, Zou YR, Rajewsky K. Independent control of immunoglobulin switch recombination at individual switch regions evidenced through cre-loxP-mediated gene targeting. Cell (1993) 73(6):1155–64. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90644-6”. Thus the correct sentence in the manuscript should be now

“JH-/- B lineage cells lack all four JH gene segments, cannot produce immunoglobulin HC proteins, and thus cannot associate with SLC even in their secretory form (25)”

In the published article, the reference (9) in the method section at the sentence that reads “The generation of JH-/- and λ5-/- mice on a C57BL/6 background has been previously reported (7, 9)” was incorrect as “Kitamura D, Roes J, Kuhn R, Rajewsky K. A b cell-deficient mouse by targeted disruption of the membrane exon of the immunoglobulin mu chain gene. Nature (1991) 350(6317):423–6. doi: 10.1038/350423a”. It should be reference “Gu H, Zou YR, Rajewsky K. Independent control of immunoglobulin switch recombination at individual switch regions evidenced through cre-loxP-mediated gene targeting. Cell (1993) 73(6):1155–64. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90644-6”.

Thus the correct sentence in the manuscript should be now

“The generation of JH-/- and λ5-/- mice on a C57BL/6 background has been previously reported (7-25)”

In the published article, the reference (7) in the results section at the sentence that reads “Developing B cells in these mice cannot undergo VDJH rearrangement and thus cannot form a μHC. They are devoid of preB, immature B, mature B, and plasma cells (7, 32)” was added incorrectly and should be deleted leaving only the correct reference “Gu H, Zou YR, Rajewsky K. Independent control of immunoglobulin switch recombination at individual switch regions evidenced through cre-loxP-mediated gene targeting. Cell (1993) 73(6):1155–64. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90644-6”. Thus the correct sentence in the manuscript should be now

“Developing B cells in these mice cannot undergo VDJH rearrangement and thus cannot form a μHC. They are devoid of preB, immature B, mature B, and plasma cells (25)”.

The authors apologize for this[/these] error[s] 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: λ5, B cells, bone mass, skeletal aging, Trabecular bone recovery

Citation: Khass M, Rashid H, Burrows PD, Javed A and Schroeder HW Jr (2023) Corrigendum: Loss of early B cell protein λ5 decreases bone mass and accelerates skeletal aging. Front. Immunol. 13:1114732. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1114732

Received: 02 December 2022; Accepted: 22 December 2022;
Published: 13 February 2023.

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*Correspondence: Harry W. Schroeder Jr, hschroeder@uabmc.edu; Mohamed Khass, mohamedkhass@uabmc.edu

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.