Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 36111; published online: 26 October 2016; updated: 24 January 2017

In this Article, Yvan Saeys is incorrectly listed as being affiliated with ‘Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium’. The correct affiliations are listed below:

Inflammation Research Center, Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

In addition, Pieter De Bleser is incorrectly listed as being affiliated with ‘Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium’. The correct affiliations are listed below:

Inflammation Research Center, Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.

Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.