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  • The article was retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief due to evidence of image duplication and alteration in several figures.
  • The retraction was prompted by concerns raised in a PubPeer discussion, which highlighted the reuse of an image from a previous article without proper attribution.
  • The journal's editorial office confirmed these issues through image analysis, identifying this as a significant violation of scientific publishing ethics.

Article Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief was informed of evidence for image duplication in identical or altered fashion in Figures 3A and 8D, as well as undisclosed reuse of an image in Figure 5B from a previous article in Cell Death & Disease (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-018-0902-5), in a PubPeer thread: https://pubpeer.com/publications/F5B591481C516F4CE42C7925AC48E9. Image analysis performed by the journal's editorial office confirmed these findings. This reuse (and in part misrepresentation) of data without appropriate attribution represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8178443PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2021.02.009DOI Listing

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