Main text
(Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids 23, 13–26; March 2021)
This article has been retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief. Concerns regarding image recycling were posted to a Pubpeer thread (https://pubpeer.com/publications/520F477679F345A5AA73A5593BB910). Similarities were found between images in this article and another article in this same journal, Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids (Ye et al., 2020, Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 19, 741–750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2019.12.014). Image analysis performed by the editorial office confirmed the findings of image reuse with Figure 4C. This reuse of data without appropriate attribution represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. The notice of retraction was undeliverable to co-author Tianlong Fan. No response was received from the other authors.