Correction to: Journal of Hematology & Oncology (2016) 9:93 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-016-0327-5

The original article [1] contains an error in Fig. 4b, the panel of colonies of 5 µM Ara-C treatment was unintentionally duplicated onto the colonies of 2.5 µM alantolactone treatment. The error was mistakenly introduced in image integration when organizing the figures. However, the error has no bearing on the work’s scientific conclusions as the statistical results are based on the correct pictures. The authors apologize to the editor and readership of Journal of Hematology & Oncology for any inconvenience caused.

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Alantolactone suppressed primary AML but not normal colony formation after 14 days in methocult H4434. a Alantolactone dramatically reduced the number of CFUs in primary AML cells from eight AML specimens with a dose-dependent manner. b The representative microscopy images of CFUs in primary AML cells were shown. c Alantolactone showed little effect on the CFUs in normal hematopoietic cells and Ara-C treatment led to notable reduction of colonies from normal donors. d The representative microscopy images of CFUs in normal hematopoietic cells were shown. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.0001

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