Correction to: Cell Death and Disease (2012) 3, e339; doi:10.1038/cddis.2012.80; published online 5 July 2012

Since the publication of this article the authors have noticed that Giovanna De Chiara’s affiliation address was incorrect. The error has now been rectified. The article with the corrected authors list and affiliations appears online, together with this corrigendum.

The authors would like to apologize for this error.