Correction to: J Nanobiotechnol (2017) 15:24 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-017-0258-5

Figure 5 was published incorrectly in the original publication of the article [1]. The correct version of Fig. 5 is given in this erratum.

Fig. 5
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Internalized Au NPs do not affect surface marker expression of MSCs. Representative histograms of 3 independent experiments of the distribution of the marker fluorescence N(Imarker) of MSC-defining surface markers of untreated MSCs (black solid line) and MSCs exposed to Au NPs at cNP = 10 nM (red dashed line) for 48 h are shown. The solid grey front curve represents the isotype control

The authors apologize for the unfortunate error in the figure during publication of the article. It should also be clarified that some of the solid grey graphs in Fig. 5 are intentionally based on the same data. For 8 different surface makers (CD14, CD73, CD34, CD105, CD19, CD90, CD45, HA-DR) in accordance to the guidelines of the manufacturer a panel of 4 different isotype controls were used, corresponding to 4 different fluorescence channels.