Correction: Arthritis Res Ther 23, 205 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-021-02555-2

Following publication in Arthritis Research & Therapy of the original article entitled “Nintedanib downregulates the transition of cultured systemic sclerosis fibrocytes into myofibroblasts and their pro-fibrotic activity.” by Cutolo M et al., the authors need to include the statement of the co-author Professor Vanessa Smith in the Acknowledgements section of the revised manuscript in accordance with the Author guidelines of the journal as follows:

“Vanessa Smith is senior clinical investigator of the Research Foundation—Flanders (Belgium) (FWO) [1.8.029.20N].”

The original article [1] has been updated.