Tadatoshi Kinouchi

Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72882-y, published online 29 September 2020. This Article contains errors in the Discussion section. “The 137Cs concentration, 1.3 × 103 Bq/g fresh weight (fw), in the artificial diet can be converted to the 137Cs ground deposition of 9 MBq/m2, which was relatively high-level contamination area within the Fukushima’s exclusion zone (Fig.

Biologically uncommon d-aspartate (d-Asp) residues have been shown to accumulate in proteins associated with age-related human disorders, such as cataract and Alzheimer disease. Such d-Asp-containing proteins are unlikely to be broken down completely because metabolic enzymes recognize only proteins or peptides composed exclusively of l-amino acids. Therefore, undigested d-Asp-containing peptides may exist in blood and, if detectable, may be a useful biomarker for associated diseases.