Ke S, Zhou T, Yang P, et al. Int J Nanomedicine. 2017;12:2531—2551.

We, the authors and Publisher of the journal International Journal of Nanomedicine, are retracting the published article.

Since publication, concerns have been raised by a third party about the integrity of the western blot data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors were unable to provide the original data and requested the retraction of this article. Additionally, the journal was made aware of concerns regarding the authorship of this article but have been unable to verify these concerns. When contacted for further clarification, the authors did not respond. The corresponding author has been informed of this retraction.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines. The retracted articles will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but they will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.