Retraction Note to: Gene Therapy 10.1038/s41434-020-0145-9, published online 14 May 2020
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding similarities in some of the images presented in the figures, specifically:
In Fig. 2A, the SH-SY5Y rClone30-RFP and rAnh-RFP images appear to share a highly similar feature.
In Fig. 4A, DAPI HepG2 panels rClone30 and rClone30-Anh(HN), Normal MDA-MB-231 panels rClone30 and rClone30-Anh(HN), and Normal A549 panels rClone30-Anh(F) and rAnh appear to overlap.
In Fig. 6A, some of the tumours exhibit similar features.
In Supplementary Fig. 2B, H22 DAPI panels rClone30-Anh(F) and rClone30-Anh(HN-F) appear to overlap.
The authors have stated that the original data are no longer available. Due to the high number of image concerns, the Editor-in-Chief no longer has confidence in the presented data.
Tianyan Liu, Qingzhong Yu and Deshan Li do not agree to this retraction. Guangchao Sui agrees to this retraction. Yu Zhang, Yukai Cao, Shan Jiang, Rui Sun, Jiechao Yin, Zhenqiu Gao, Guiping Ren, Zhenzhong Wang, Xu Sun, Wenying Sun and Wei Xiao have not responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction.
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