Mol Med Rep 16: 192-200, 2017; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6553
Subsequent to the publication of the above paper, the authors realize that they did not acknowledge their funders in their paper. Consequently, the following information should have been included in the published article:
“Funding: This study was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 81401586)”.
The authors sincerely apologize for this mistake, and regret the inconvenience this omission has caused, including that to the funders of this study.