Correction to: J Physiol Sci (2018) 68:77–87 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12576-016-0509-5

The article Epac activation inhibits IL-6-induced cardiac myocyte dysfunction, written by Huiling Jin, Takayuki Fujita, Meihua Jin, Reiko Kurotani, Yuko Hidaka,Wenqian Cai, Kenji Suita, Rajesh Prajapati, Chen Liang, Yoshiki Ohnuki, Yasumasa Mototani, Masanari Umemura, Utako Yokoyama, Motohiko Sato, Satoshi Okumura, and Yoshihiro Ishikawa, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 19 December 2016 without open access.

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