Correction to: Journal of Molecular Medicine (2016) 94(4):457-468 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-015-1371-2

The authors were notified of error that occurred in Fig. 5E of the above paper. The abscissa axis of Fig. 5E should be the data for miR-193a-3p level in nucleus pulposus tissues of IDD patients. The corrected figure appears here. The correction does not change the conclusion of the figure and the article.

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Correct Fig. 5. The expression of MMP14 in NP tissues. a Compared with controls, the expression level of MMP14 was significantly up-regulated in degenerative NP tissues, which was confirmed by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. b, c The expression level of MMP14 positively correlated with disc degeneration (r = 0.716, P < 0.0001) (d) and MMP2 (r = 0.638, P < 0.0001) (f), while MMP14 expression level was negatively correlated with miR-193a-3p level (r =  −0.8004, P < 0.0001) (e). ***P < 0.001