Following the publication of this article, we realize that the title appeared incorrectly: This appeared in print as 'RLIP76 increases apoptosis through Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in gastric cancer', and the corrected title is now featured above ('increases' should have read as 'decreases'). Note that this error did not have any bearing on the results reported in the paper (which were reported accurately in terms of the influence of RLIP76 on apoptosis of human gastric cancer SGC‑7901 and MGC‑803 cells), or the conclusions therein. We regret any inconvenience that this mistake has caused. [the original article was published in the Oncology Reports 36: 2216-2224, 2016; DOI: 10.3892/or.2016.5043].