The following article has been retracted at the request of the Editor and Publisher at SAGE Publishing:
An G, Liang S, Sheng C, Liu Y, Yao W. Upregulation of microRNA-205 suppresses vascular endothelial growth factor expression-mediated PI3K/Akt signaling transduction in human keloid fibroblasts. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2017;242(3):275-285. doi:10.1177/1535370216669839
Concerns were raised on multiple figures on Pubpeer:
Figure 3a NC Invasion panel and 4b siVEGF panel lower image appear to be duplicated.
The immunoblot images in figure 4F appear to be similar to immunoblots in Figure 4A rotated 180o.
The corresponding author provided new figures, but original images were not provided upon request.
Due to the lack of uncropped, unedited images underlying figure panels, the image concerns remain unresolved. In accordance with COPE guidelines, the Experimental Biology and Medicine Editor retracts the article.
The corresponding author did not respond to requests for comments on this retraction. The co-authors of this publication were unreachable via email.