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(Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids 22, December 2020; 673–683)
This article has been retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief. The first author (W.C.) submitted a request to correct Figure 1 of this article. Concerns regarding image duplication between Figures 1 and 7 were also posted to a Pubpeer thread: https://pubpeer.com/publications/6F65C2E1CE606ABC40A0D46911FA88. Image analysis conducted by the editorial office confirmed the findings of image duplication between Figures 1 and 7 of the original article. The corrected Figure 1 that was submitted by the authors contained a new instance of reuse with different images in Figure 7. This reuse of data without appropriate attribution represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. The authors did not respond to communication regarding the retraction decision.