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. 2022 Feb 22;12:3286. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07275-4

Retraction Note: Aging-associated distinctive DNA methylation changes of LINE-1 retrotransposons in pure cell-free DNA from human blood

Wardah Mahmood 1,#, Lars Erichsen 1,#, Pauline Ott 1, Wolfgang A Schulz 2, Johannes C Fischer 3, Marcos J Arauzo‑Bravo 4,5, Marcelo L Bendhack 6, Mohamed Hassan 7,8, Simeon Santourlidis 1,
PMCID: PMC8863839  PMID: 35194145

Retraction of: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-020-79126-z, published online 17 December 2020

The Authors have retracted this article.

After publication concerns were raised about duplication of lanes within Figure 2 and between Figure 2 and Figure 5. The Authors were no longer able to locate the original data underlying these figures.

Lars Erichsen, Pauline Ott, Wolfgang A. Schulz, Johannes C. Fischer, Marcos J. Arauzo-Bravo, Marcelo L. Bendhack, Mohamed Hassan and Simeon Santourlidis agree to the retraction and its wording. Wardah Mahmood has not responded to correspondence from the Editors about this retraction.


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