Correction to: Leukemia (2017) 31, 2315–2325; doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2017.64; published online 10 March 2017

Following the publication of this article, the authors noted a mistake in the author affiliations.

4. Centre for Research in Molecular Medicine, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

Should be replaced with:

4. University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

The authors apologise for any inconvenience this might have caused.