Correction to: Cell Death Discovery (2017) 3, 16104; doi:10.1038/cddiscovery.2016.104; published online 9 January 2017

Since the publication of this article, it has been noted that the affiliation for Gabriel Leprivier was incorrect. The correct affiliation is as follows:

2Clinic for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany.

The authors apologise for any inconvenience caused by this error.

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