Abstract
After the publication of the above paper, the authors have noticed that the affiliations were presented incorrectly; essentially, Drs Rong‑qiang Yang, Peng‑fei Guo, Qing‑nan Meng, Ya Gao, Imran Khan, Xiao‑bo Wang and Zheng‑jun Cui are based at the Department of Burn and Repair Reconstruction Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, whereas Drs Zhao Ma and Cheng Chang are located at The School of Basic Medical Science of Zhengzhou University. Therefore, the affiliations for this paper should have appeared as follows: Rong‑Qiang Yang1, Peng‑Fei Guo1, Zhao Ma2, Cheng Chang2, Qing‑Nan Meng1, Ya Gao1, Imran Khan1, Xiao‑Bo Wang1 and Zheng‑Jun Cui1. 1Department of Burn and Repair Reconstruction Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University; 2The School of Basic Medical Science of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China. The authors regret that these errors with the author affiliations were not noticed prior to the publication of their paper, and apologize for any inconvenience caused. [the original article was published in Molecular Medicine Reports 22: 3405-3417, 2020; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2020.11413].