Correction to: Genes and Immunity (2015) 16, 8–14; doi:10.1038/gene.2014.69; published online 4 December 2014

Following the publication of this paper, the authors have noticed that the name of the first author has appeared incorrectly. The name should appear as ‘Stephan von Haehling’, rather than ‘Haehling von Lanzenauer’.

The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.