Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 25140; published online: 29 April 2016; updated: 31 May 2016

In the PDF version of this Article, there is a typographical error in the Discussion section,

“Human type 2 diabetes patients exhibited increased plasma levels of TIMP1 and TIMP237.”

should read:

“Human type 2 diabetes patients exhibited increased plasma levels of TIMP1 and TIMP235.”