After carefully checking the original data of ROS generation experiment, we found that in Fig. 3E the x-axis was incorrently labeled. ISL should be substituted with CA. The corrected version of Fig. 3E is shown below. We apologize for the error and appreciate the opportunity to correct the scientific record. All authors agree with this correction. [the original article was published in the Oncology Reports 35: 2723-2732, 2016; DOI: 10.3892/or.2016.4642].