In the article “Effects of Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes on Corneal Stromal Fibroblast Viability and Extracellular Matrix Synthesis” which appeared in vol.131, issue 6, pages 704–712 of Chinese Medical Journal,[1] the authors omitted appropriate description about Figures 1, 3 and 4, which were cited from their published work before as reference 14 in the article.[2] The two related manuscripts were rooted in continuous work from the same research. The authors have been authorized to use these figures under Creative Commons Attribution license by International Journal of Ophthalmology Press.
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