Retracted Article: Rapamycin Augments Immunomodulatory Properties of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (Molecular Neurobiology, (2017), 54, 4, (2445-2457), 10.1007/S12035-016-9840-3) Publisher Pubmed



Togha M¹ ; Jahanshahi M² ; Alizadeh L³ ; Jahromi SR^{3, 4} ; Vakilzadeh G⁵ ; Alipour B⁶ ; Gorji A^{3, 7} ; Ghaemi A^{8, 9}
Source: Molecular Neurobiology Published:2024

Abstract

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding image similarities between Fig. 1 in this article and Fig. 4b in an earlier article [1]. The authors have stated that the images were misused due to an oversight, and provided the original data for validation. However, further checks by the publisher have identified potential image overlap between different samples and highly similar patterns within images provided for Fig. 3a and b. The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the presented data. Ali Gorji and Amir Ghaemi do not agree to this retraction. None of the other co-authors have responded to any correspondence from the publisher about this retraction. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.