Correction to: Acta Pharmacologica Sinica https://doi.org/10.1038/aps.2015.146, published online 01 February 2016.

The authors realized that the representative images of DMSO group in Fig. 7a were found to be misplaced due to the mishandling in the paper preparation. All the authors agree on the correction of our negligence and the correct images are given below. This correction does not affect the results and conclusion of the original paper. We sincerely apologize for the mistake and any inconvenience this might have caused.

Fig. 7
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OPD reduces ER stress-mediated apoptosis in cultured cardiomyocytes. a TUNEL staining was used to quantify the number of cardiomyocytes that underwent apoptosis.