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(Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids 18, 375–387; December 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This article has been retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief.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/BCB6D52F8F095878A7DAABDC460FA1). 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; Chen et al., 2017, Oncotarget 7, 84480–84485, https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.12995) and this same journal, Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids (Chen et al., 2020, Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 19, 643–653, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2019.10.047; Ye et al., 2020, Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 19, 741–750, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2019.12.014; Zhao et al., 2019, Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 18, 24–33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2019.07.012). Image analysis performed by the editorial office confirmed the findings of image reuse with Figures 1A, 2D, 2F, 4A, and 4C. 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.