Correction: Brandão et al. Genotoxicity and Gene Expression in the Rat Lung Tissue following Instillation and Inhalation of Different Variants of Amorphous Silica Nanomaterials (aSiO₂ NM). Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1502

In the original publication [1], there was a mistake in Table 5 as published. During the proofreading stage, Table 5 was accidentally duplicated with Table 6. The corrected

Table 5. Main affected pathways in Gene Ontology (GO) in rats exposed by instillation to SiO₂_15_Unmod and SiO₂_15_Amino.

NM	Exposure Condition	Rank	Id	Size	p Value	Description
SiO2_15_Unmod	Exposure Group	1	GO:0007127	83 (112)	6.00 × 10−7	meiosis I
		2	GO:0048247	42 (46)	3.50 × 10−6	lymphocyte chemotaxis
		3	GO:0071459	15 (21)	5.20 × 10−6	protein localization to chromosome, centromeric
		4	GO:0060340	10 (11)	8.20 × 10−6	positive regulation of type I interferon-mediated
		5	GO:0070098	63 (66)	1.30 × 10−5	chemokine-mediated signaling pathway
		6	GO:0072676	73 (78)	2.00 × 10−5	lymphocyte migration
		7	GO:0045132	67 (93)	3.20 × 10−5	meiotic chromosome segregation
		8	GO:0034501	13 (18)	4.20 × 10−5	protein localization to kinetochore
		9	GO:0034502	64 (76)	1.80 × 10−4	protein localization to chromosome
		10	GO:0070192	53 (72)	1.90 × 10−4	chromosome organization involved in meiotic cell cycle
	Recovery Group	1	GO:0048680	9 (11)	2.20 × 10−5	positive regulation of axon regeneration
		2	GO:0070572	10 (12)	8.80 × 10−5	positive regulation of neuron projection
		3	GO:2001223	10 (11)	1.60 × 10−4	negative regulation of neuron migration
		4	GO:2000849	11 (11)	1.60 × 10−4	regulation of glucocorticoid secretion
		5	GO:0071300	65 (76)	3.30 × 10−4	cellular response to retinoic acid
		6	GO:0003348	6 (6)	3.60 × 10−4	cardiac endothelial cell differentiation
		7	GO:0060956	6 (6)	3.60 × 10−4	endocardial cell differentiation
		8	GO:0006297	5 (5)	3.70 × 10−4	nucleotide-excision repair, DNA gap filling
		9	GO:0035933	12 (12)	5.10 × 10−4	glucocorticoid secretion
		10	GO:2000852	5 (5)	5.50 × 10−4	regulation of corticosterone secretion
SiO2_15_Amino	Exposure Group	1	GO:0000910	96 (110)	1.50 × 10−7	cytokinesis
		2	GO:0000281	42 (47)	4.00 × 10−7	mitotic cytokinesis
		3	GO:0033260	23 (30)	5.40 × 10−6	nuclear DNA replication
		4	GO:0071459	15 (21)	7.60 × 10−6	protein localization to chromosome, centromeric
		5	GO:0051383	12 (14)	1.80 × 10−5	kinetochore organization
		6	GO:0051414	7 (7)	2.00 × 10−5	response to cortisol
		7	GO:0040020	31 (35)	2.30 × 10−5	regulation of meiotic nuclear division
		8	GO:0061640	49 (56)	2.50 × 10−5	cytoskeleton-dependent cytokinesis
		9	GO:0051445	45 (51)	2.50 × 10−5	regulation of meiotic cell cycle
		10	GO:1902969	9 (10)	3.90 × 10−5	mitotic DNA replication
	Recovery Group	1	GO:0035082	44 (60)	1.90 × 10−14	axoneme assembly
		2	GO:0003341	44 (64)	7.10 × 10−13	cilium movement
		3	GO:0001578	66 (89)	4.80 × 10−8	microtubule bundle formation
		4	GO:0002385	25 (39)	2.60 × 10−5	mucosal immune response
		5	GO:0060294	15 (17)	3.50 × 10−5	cilium movement involved in cell motility
		6	GO:0030199	38 (44)	5.10 × 10−5	collagen fibril organization
		7	GO:0001539	19 (22)	5.20 × 10−5	cilium or flagellum-dependent cell motility
		8	GO:0060285	19 (22)	5.20 × 10−5	cilium-dependent cell motility
		9	GO:0002251	26 (40)	5.20 × 10−5	organ or tissue specific immune response
		10	GO:0048755	13 (13)	6.50 × 10−5	branching morphogenesis of a nerve

Rats were exposed by instillation to 0.36 mg of SiO₂_15_Unmod or SiO₂_15_Amino and euthanized to isolate total RNA from the lungs both at 3 days (Exposure group; E) and 21 days (Recovery group; R) after initial instillation.

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The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.