ERRATUM

Erratum in: “Expression of ZnT and ZIP Zinc Transporters in the Human RPE and Their Regulation by Neurotrophic Factors” by Leung et al. ( Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008;49:1221–1231.) 

The corrected tableis printed below. 

Table 1.

 

ZnT Transporters Expressed in RPE Cells from Microarray Analyses and EST Database Mining

Gene	GenBank Accession No.	Primer Sequences			Amplicon Size (bp)
				Forward		Reverse
ZnT1	NM_021194	GCATCAGTTTATGAGGCTGGTCCT	CAGGCTGAATGGTAGTAGCGTGAA	352
ZnT2	NM_032513	CTGGCCTTTGCCTTTATGAATCTG	GGACACTCTCAGGGCAACAGAAGT	352
ZnT3	NM_003459	ATGGTCACTGGCATCCTCCTGTA	AGATGGAGAAGAGGAAGGTGCTGA	364
ZnT4	NM_013309	TGTTAACTGACCTAAGCGCCATCA	GGTTACGTTCACACCCAGAACCTC	351
ZnT5	NM_024055	GATCCTAGGAAACTAGTGGGAAACTGAG	GTCCACAAAGAGTGAGGCCAAAAA	691
ZnT6	NM_017964	CCCATGAGTGTGTACAGTGGGAAA	GCATTGGGATTACGTGATGATCTG	352
ZnT7	NM_133496	AGAGGGTACAGCAGTTGCAAGGAG	AAAGCATGAACGGCTGACTCTACC	354
ZnT8	NM_173851	TACGATGCACTCACTCACCATTCA	AGCTGTTACTTCGGCTCCACTCAG	353
ZnT9	NM_006345	TTGCCTGGATTTATACCGGTTCAG	CCGAGCATTCCTACGAAGTTCATT	350
ZIP1	NM_014437	GATTGGGGAAGACACTTGACTGCT	GAAAGAGGAAGGGGATTTGTTTGG	351
ZIP2	NM_014579	CCCTTGTCCTCTTGCTGTCACTCT	AGCTCCCGTGGAAGAATTTCTAGG	352
ZIP3	NM_213568	GTGGAGATATGAGGACCCCCTGTT	GATGAACTCAGCGCTAACCGATCT	351
ZIP4	NM_017767	AGACTGAGCCCAGAGTTGAGGCTA	TGTCGCAGAGTGCTACGTAGAGGA	352
ZIP5	NM_173596	GAGCAGGAGCAGAACCATTACCTG	CAATGAGTGGTCCAGCAACAGAAG	354
ZIP6	NM_012319	CATAGCCATGAAGAACCAGCAATG	GAGAATCAAAGTGGGAGGGCTCTT	355
ZIP7	NM_006979	ACTGAAGGAGGAGCAGTGGGCAGT	AGGCCCTAATGCCAAAGTAACCAT	353
ZIP8	NM_022154	CCTCGGATTGATTTTGACTCCACT	AGCAGGATTTGCATAGCATGTCAC	352
ZIP9	NM_018375	GCCTAAAGAACTGGAAAGCCCACT	GTGTTTCACTTGCTTGGTGGTGTT	354
ZIP10	NM_020342	TAGCCGTCTTCTGTCATGAACTGC	TCATAGAGGGCAATCACCAGCATA	355
ZIP11	NM_139177	TCTCCTAAGCATTTTGGTGGCCTA	TCTCTTCTTTCCACAGGGCTCACT	351
ZIP12	NM_152725	CAACCACTCAAGAAGCCTCATCAA	AAGTACTGCCTGGTGAAAGCCAAG	351
ZIP13	NM_152264	AAGAAGATCGGGCTCCTGACAAC	GAGAACAGCACCATTACCACGATG	350
ZIP14	NM_015359	CATTTGGTTTCAACCCTCTGGAAG	TTTCAGCCAGTAGCAAGCACTCTG	350

 These primers were all used in RT-PCR experiments at an annealing temperature of 58°C for 35 cycles to confirm expression of the genes in human primary cultures of fetal and adult RPE cells and in ARPE19.