Correction to: Stem Cell Res Ther (2019) 10:150

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-019-1258-1

The original article [1] displayed a co-author, Junbo Ge who has since stated that he should not have been a co-author in the article; the article has now been amended to remove Junbo Ge accordingly. All authors agreed to this amendment.