Correction: Attenuation of osteoarthritis via blockade of the SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling pathway

Authors’ contributions FW participated in the study design, wrote most of the manuscript, performed most of the experiments and analyzed data. DCM, GZ, YL, XW, and JKL participated in the study design, data interpretation and revised the manuscript critically. LW and QC conceived the study, participated in its design, data analysis and revised the manuscript carefully and critically. All authors have read and approved the fi nal manuscript. Author details 1Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, 1 Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA.2Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affi liated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, 295 Xichang Road, Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, The People’s Republic of China. 3Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China. 4Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affi liated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, 295 Xichang Road, Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, The People’s Republic of China. 5Ge Zhang’s Lab, Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China. 6Teaching Division, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China. 7Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, The People’s Republic of China. 8Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA.