Correction to: Respir Res (2020) 21:327 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01592-w

Following publication of the original article [1], we were notified that a funding note needs to be added to the Funding section: "Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Grant No. 2020YFC0845500)."

The original paper has been corrected.