Correction: A hybrid combination of in vitro cultured buccal mucosal cells using two different methodologies, complementing each other in successfully repairing a stricture-inflicted human male urethral epithelium
- Akio Horiguchi1
- Toshihiro Kushibiki2
- Yoshine Mayumi2
- Masayuki Shinchi1
- Kenichiro Ojima1
- Yusuke Hirano1
- Shojiro Katoh3
- Masaru Iwasaki4
- Surya Prakash Vaddi5,6
- Koji Ichiyama7,8
- Rajappa Senthilkumar7,8,9
- Senthilkumar Preethy10
- Samuel J. K. Abraham4,7,11,12,13*corresponding author
- 1Division of Reconstruction, Center for Trauma, Burn and Tactical Medicine, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- 2Department of Medical Engineering, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- 3Department of Orthopedics, Edogawa Hospital, Edogawa, Japan
- 4Center for Advancing Clinical Research (CACR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan
- 5Department of Urology, Surya Kidney Centre, Hyderabad, India
- 6Department of Urology, Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad, India
- 7Antony- Xavier Interdisciplinary Scholastics (AXIS), GN Corporation Co. Ltd., Kofu, Japan
- 8R&D Division, JBM Inc., Edogawa, Japan
- 9The Fujio-Eiji Academic Terrain (FEAT), Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), Chennai, India
- 10The Mary-Yoshio Translational Hexagon (MYTH)-NCRM, MediNippon Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India
- 11II Department of Surgery, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan
- 12Levy-Jurgen Transdisciplinary Exploratory (LJTE), Global Niche Corp., Wilmington, DE, United States
- 13Surya Akio Horiguchi Lab for Tissue Engineering (SALT), SoulSynergy Ltd., Phoenix, Mauritius
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There was a mistake in Graphical abstract as published. The error was “Urethrotomy follows cell transplant”. The corrected form is “Urethrotomy followed by cell transplant”. The corrected figure Graphical abstract appears below.
The original version of this article has been updated.
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Edited and reviewed by: Petra De Graaf, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
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Horiguchi, A., et al. (2026). Correction: A hybrid combination of in vitro cultured buccal mucosal cells using two different methodologies, complementing each other in successfully repairing a stricture-inflicted human male urethral epithelium. Frontiers in Urology, Volume 6. https://doi.org/
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Copyright © 2026 Horiguchi, Kushibiki, Mayumi, Shinchi, Ojima, Hirano, Katoh, Iwasaki, Vaddi, Ichiyama, Senthilkumar, Preethy and Abraham.
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*Correspondence: Samuel J. K. Abraham
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