RETRACTION: Effect of Mechanical Tension on Fibroblast Transcriptome Profile and Regulatory Mechanisms of Myocardial Collagen Turnover

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RETRACTION: M. Shiraishi, K. Suzuki, and A. Yamaguchi, “Effect of Mechanical Tension on Fibroblast Transcriptome Profile and Regulatory Mechanisms of Myocardial Collagen Turnover,” FASEB Journal 37, no. 4 (2023): e22841. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202201899R.

The above article, published online on 01 March 2023, in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and its erratum (https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202301989), have been retracted by agreement between the authors; the journal Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Loren E. Wold, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. This retraction follows a previous erratum to correct image duplications in Figures 2 and 3 as well as Supplementary Figures 1, 3, and 5. The authors contacted the journal and requested retraction of their article following an investigation by Jichi Medical University, which has concluded that there was a lack of primary research data and corroborating evidence which could confirm the source of the errors and whether the experiments had been performed as described. The retraction was agreed to because the investigation performed by the university confirmed a lack of evidence to support the published erratum, and as such the errors in the article fundamentally compromise the editor's confidence in the conclusions presented.