Correction to: Bone Research (2017) 5, 17003; doi:10.1038/boneres.2017.3; published online 14 March 2017

The author’s name Weirong Xing (abbreviated name: W Xing) was misspelled as “Weirong R Xing” in this paper when it was published. The name has been corrected in the online version of this article. The publisher regrets the error.