Correction to: Cell and tissue research (2018) 374:63–81 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-018-2837-7

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article because it shows significant overlap with a previously published article [1]. Additionally, concerns were raised regarding a number of figures, specifically:

  • Fig. 6 appears to have multiple overlapping panels with Fig. 6 of [1].

  • Fig. 9 appears to have multiple overlapping panels with Fig. 9 of [1].

The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the reliability of the data reported in the article.

Ahmad Oryan disagrees to this retraction. Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad, Amir Kamali, Samaneh Hosseini, ali Moshiri and Hossein Baharvand have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.