Retraction of: Scientific Reports 10.1038/srep13975, published online 15 September 2015
The Editors have retracted this article
After publication, concerns about some of the data presented in this articled were brought to the attention of the Editors. Specifically, the image panel for lung tissue in condition Bmi-1+β-gal AMSCs in Figure 8e appears to overlap with the Figure 8f images for lung tissue in WT and Bmi-1+β-gal AMSCs conditions. Concerns were also raised about missing background features due to overexposure of several blots in Figure 5, and differential contrast adjustments made to blots presented in Figure 6. The Authors were not able to provide raw data files upon request by the Editors. The Editors no longer have confidence in the reliability of the findings and conclusions presented in this manuscript.
Rong Wang, Dengshun Miao, Jianguo Tao, and Jianliang Jin disagree with this retraction. The remaining authors did not respond to correspondence from the Publisher regarding this retraction.