Erratum to: J Transl Med (2016) 14:121 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-016-0873-1

In the original version of this article [1], published on 5 May 2016, the name of author ‘Valeria Vitelli’ was wrongly displayed.

Originally the author name has been published as:

  • Valieria Vitelli

The correct author name is:

  • Valeria Vitelli