Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 36371; published online: 04 November 2016; updated: 01 December 2016

In this Article, Haitang Yang is incorrectly listed as being affiliated with the ‘Department of Pathology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 230032, China’. The correct affiliation is listed below:

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 230032, China.