Following the publication of the above article, an interested reader drew to the authors' attention that, for the immunofluorescence staining experiments shown in Fig. 3A on p. 1681, the 'E‑cadherin / YC' and 'E‑cadherin / OC' data panels were overlapping, such that they may have been derived from the same original source; moreover, with the transmission electron microscopic images shown in Fig. 6G on p. 1683, the 'OC' and 'OY' panels were similarly overlapping. After having re‑examined their figures, the authors have realized that the data shown for the 'E‑cadherin / YC' experiment in Fig. 3A and the 'OC' experiment in Fig. 6G were selected incorrectly. The authors were able, however, to identify the correct data for both of these figures, and the revised versions of Figs. 3 and 6 are shown on the next page. Note that the errors made during the assembly of these figures did not affect the overall conclusions reported in the paper. All the authors agree with the publication of this corrigendum, and are grateful to the Editor of International Journal of Molecular Medicine for allowing them the opportunity to publish this. They also apologize to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [International Journal of Molecular Medicine 44: 1677‑1686, 2019; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2019.4344].
Keywords: TGF‑β1/TAK1/MKK3/p38MAPK; aging; autophagy; incremental load training; renal fibrosis.