Correction to: Oncogene https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-024-03050-z, published online 14 May 2024

Following the publication of this article, the authors noted that the KYSE410 USP2 image in Figure 5E was mistakenly duplicated with the KYSE150 shNC image in Figure 5E. Additionally, the KYSE150 image 2 in Figure S8G was mistakenly duplicated with the KYSE410 image 4 in Figure 4C. The corrected figures are shown below:

Corrected Fig. 5E:

Corrected Fig. S8G:

The authors also noted an error in the textual description in the Abstract section. The corrected version is as follows: “Moreover, USP2 silencing decreased the iron ion concentration and lipid peroxidation accumulation as well as suppressed ferroptosis, while upregulating USP2 promoted ferroptotic cell death in ESCC cells.”

Furthermore, figure legends for tumor weight data (Figure 8H and Figure S12C) have been revised to clarify that the error bars represent the means with 95% confidence intervals, rather than standard deviations (SD) as previously stated. The corrected versions are as follows:

Fig. 8 USP2 regulates ESCC tumorigenesis in vivo

(H) Representative images of tumors and quantification of tumor weights in nude mice bearing ESCC cells in indicated groups (n = 3). Data are presented as the means with 95% confidence intervals from three independent experiments.

Fig. S12 USP2 regulates ESCC tumorigenesis in vivo

(C) Representative images of tumors and quantification of tumor weights in nude mice bearing ESCC cells in indicated groups (n = 3). Data are presented as the means with 95% confidence intervals from three independent experiments.

The authors confirm this correction does not affect the conclusions of the paper and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

The original article has been corrected.