Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87639-8, published online 01 February 2025

The original version of this Article contained an error in Figure 5, where the Grade in panel A did not match that in panel D. The original Figure 5 and accompanying legend appear below.

Fig. 5
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Effect of ferroptosis of nucleus pulposus through Nrf2 signalling pathway in IDD patients. The expression of ACSL4, TFRC, pNrf2 were determined by nucleus pulposus tissue of the IDD patients by western blotting. (A) Representative images of ACSL4, TFRC and pNrf2 (B) densitometric analysis in the IDD patients with different degrees of lesions. Data shown are means ± SEM of n = 3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

The original Article has been corrected.