Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 36579; published online: 15 November 2016; updated: 04 May 2017

This Article contains errors. In the legend of Figure 1,

“1.25 cGy min−1

should read:

“1.25 Gy min−1”.

In addition, in the Methods section under subheading ‘Animals and Radiation Exposure’,

“For serial tissue analysis, age and sex-matched C57BL/6J and C57L/J mice at 10–12 weeks of age were irradiated to the whole lung with a single dose of 15 Gy of 320 kVp X-rays at a dose rate of 1.25 cGy min−1

should read:

“For serial tissue analysis, age and sex-matched C57BL/6J and C57L/J mice at 10–12 weeks of age were irradiated to the whole lung with a single dose of 15 Gy of 320 kVp X-rays at a dose rate of 1.25 Gy min−1