Correction to: Cell Death and Disease (2021) 12:115; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-020-03163-9, published online 22 January 2021

Since the publication of the article a request has been made to change the authorship of the article. The proposed new authorship is: Jianheng Wu, Nannan Wang, Ying Yang, Guangyuan Jiang, Hui Zhan, Fuyong Li. Qingchun Mu was removed as an author. The original article has been corrected.