Correction to: J Transl Med (2020) 18:490 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02669-2

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors would like to correct the author group with regards to the equal contributions: Stephen L. Atkin and Alexandra E. Butler should be listed as joint senior authors.

The author group has been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected.