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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 25 Aug 2021 at 13:47 GMT
Following publication of this article [1], a concern was raised that lanes 3-6 of the Actin panel for RA cells (18 h) in Fig 6A appear similar to the Actin panel in Figure 6B of another PLOS ONE article [2] reporting a different experiment. After editorial follow up, an Expression of Concern published on [2] identifies the Actin panel in Fig 6B of [2] as incorrect, and provides a revised figure [3].
The PLOS ONE Editors have been unable to reach the corresponding author of this article [1] to discuss the availability of the underlying data for Figure 6. However, in view of the updated information regarding Figure 6B in [2], the PLOS ONE Editors consider there is no outstanding concern about the Actin panel of Fig 6A of this article [1].
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