Main text
(Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids 17, 455–464; September 2019)
This article has been retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief.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/ABD4899A343FFF9D329E1A47D75ABF). Similarities were found between images in this article and articles published by different authors in Oncotarget (Shen et al., 2017, Oncotarget 8, 14479–1448, https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10407) and this same journal, Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids (Shan et al., 2020, Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 21, 133–146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2020.05.008). Image analysis performed by the editorial office confirmed the findings of image reuse with Figures 1E, 2E, and 2F. This reuse of data without appropriate attribution represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. The notice of retraction was undeliverable to all authors except for the corresponding author. No response was received from the corresponding author.