Correction: Deficiency of Interleukin-15 confers resistance to obesity by diminishing inflammation and enhancing the thermogenic function of adipose tissues (PLoS ONE (2016) 11:9 (e0162995) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162995)

Abstract

There is an error in the last three sentences in the paragraph "Oxygen consumption is decreased in control, but not in Il15-/- deficientmicemaintained on HFD" of the Results section. The correct sentences are: To rule out that metabolic changes observed in Il15-/- HFD are not secondary to their lower body weight, we analysed WT mice following 7 weeks on HFD, as their body weight was comparable to that of Il15-/- maintained on HFD for 16 weeks.Oxygen consumption in Il15-/- HFD remained higher compared to paired-weight WT-HFD mice. Thus, Il15-/- maintained on HFD, but not NCD show elevated oxygen consumption, indicative of mitochondrial beta-oxidation and utilization of lipids in vivo.