Retraction Note: 3 Biotech (2021) 11:433 10.1007/s13205-021-02981-8
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding highly similar images in Fig. 4g in this article and Fig. 6d in an earlier publication from a different author group (Sun et al. 2020). Further checks by the Publisher identified data inconsistencies in Table 1.
The authors have stated that the incorrect images were used by mistake due to the use of a shared platform, and provided an alternative version of Fig. 4. However, the revised figure contained further image irregularities. The authors have also provided a revised Table 1, which contained different patient group data and statistical analysis results from the published version.
The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the presented data.
Chao Wu, Xuzhao Bian and XinPeng Han agree to this retraction. Liyuan Zhang, Yuanyuan Hu, Yang Wu and Tianli Pei have not responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction.
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