Correction to: Oncogene https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2009.479, published online 18 January 2010

Following the publication of this article, the authors wish to update the ‘Conflict of interest’ statement as follows:

The University of British Columbia submitted patent applications on apatorsen, an antisense inhibitor of Hsp27, listing MEG and PR as inventors. This IP was licensed to OncoGenex Technologies, a Vancouver-based biotechnology company in which MEG had founding shares. The other authors have no competing interests.

The original article has been corrected.