Retraction of: Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Identifies a Pool of Human Cardiac Stem Cells With Superior Therapeutic Potential for Myocardial Regeneration

For the article “Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Identifies a Pool of Human Cardiac Stem Cells With Superior Therapeutic Potential for Myocardial Regeneration” (Circ Res. 2011;108:1467–1481; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.240648) by Domenico D’Amario, Mauricio C. Cabral-Da-Silva, Hanqiao Zheng, Claudia Fiorini, Polina Goichberg, Elisabeth Steadman, João Ferreira-Martins, Fumihiro Sanada, Marco Piccoli, Donato Cappetta, David A. D’Alessandro, Robert E. Michler, Toru Hosoda, Luigi Anastasia, Marcello Rota, Annarosa Leri, Piero Anversa, and Jan Kajstura, an investigation by Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has determined that there were issues with some of the data reported in the article, specifically Figure 7J. An expression of concern was published on November 20, 2018,¹ to alert readers that the American Heart Association was communicating with the authors and reviewing the materials provided by BWH. After considering input from authors, the American Heart Association has determined that the best interest of the public and the research community will be served by issuing this notice of retraction.

The American Heart Association, therefore, retracts the article.