Retraction of: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28066, published online 15 June 2016
The Editors have Retracted this Article.
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding similarities between images in this Article and images published previously elsewhere 1,2. Specifically, Figure 1B, UUO+IGF-1 appears to be similar to Figure 2d of1 and Figure 3A, alpha-tubulin appears to be similar to Figure 5A, ß-actin of2. The Authors were contacted about this but did not respond.
None of the Authors responded to any correspondence from the Editors regarding this retraction.
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