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(Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids 17, 540–550; September 2019)
This article has been retracted at the request of the editors.
Concerns regarding data integrity were raised by the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which were based on a PubPeer thread showing potentially hand-drawn flow cytometry histograms and western blots devoid of background with sausage-shaped bands (https://pubpeer.com/publications/E73F538F46E201FF3575C965B5147E). The editors reached out to the authors to request the original data. Per journal policy, the editors, at their discretion, may request deposition of any or all original data files for examination by the reviewers and/or editors. As a result of the authors’ failure to provide these data—in violation of journal policy—and the allegations of fraud, the editors feel that findings of the manuscript cannot be relied upon. All authors have been informed.