Following the publication of this article [1], concerns were raised regarding reuse of results presented in Figs 4 and 7. Specifically,
Fig 4c of this study [1] appears to partially overlap with Fig. 11c of [2], despite being used to represent different experimental conditions.
Fig 7c of this study [1] appears to partially overlap with Figure 5c of [3, corrected in 4]*, despite being used to represent different experimental conditions.
The authors’ response did not resolve the editorial concerns and the original data underlying this study were not provided for editorial review. Given the nature of the issues, the PLOS ONE Editors are concerned about the reliability of data management and/or reporting for this study [1].
In light of the above concerns, the PLOS ONE Editors retract this article.
Some figure panels discussed above appear to report previously published material that are offered under a CC BY license, but the original article was not attributed in [1]. For these images, the * by the citation, above, marks the oldest publication of the image of which PLOS is aware.
All authors agreed with the retraction. MAA stands by the article’s findings.
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