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Retraction Note: GDF11 enhances therapeutic functions of mesenchymal stem cells for angiogenesis

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The Original Article was published on 12 August 2021

Stem Cell Res Ther (2021) 12:456 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-021-02519-y

The authors have retracted this article. After publication, the authors noticed image duplication errors in Figs. 2A, 5K, 6B, S3E and S10B, some of which also overlapped with the authors' earlier article [1]. Additionally, a wrong western blot image was used for Bcl-2 in Fig. S6G, and the flow cytometry plots in Fig. S7B were gated incorrectly. Due to the extent of these errors, the authors no longer have confidence in the presented data.

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  1. Department of CardiologySecond Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Rd, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    Chi Zhang, Yinuo Lin, Xinyang Hu, Jinghai Chen, Wei Zhu & Hong Yu

  2. Department of Obstetrics, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    Ke Zhang

  3. Department of Vascular Surgery, Hangzhou Third People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    Luyang Meng

  4. Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, 88 Jiefang Rd, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    Xinyang Hu, Jinghai Chen, Wei Zhu & Hong Yu

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Zhang, C., Lin, Y., Zhang, K. et al. Retraction Note: GDF11 enhances therapeutic functions of mesenchymal stem cells for angiogenesis. Stem Cell Res Ther 14, 13 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-023-03247-1

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