RETRACTED: Exosomes derived from mmu_circ_0000623-modified ADSCs prevent liver fibrosis via activating autophagy

At the request of the Journal Editor and Publisher, the following article is retracted:

Zhu M, Liu X, Li W, Wang L. Exosomes derived from mmu_circ_0000623-modified ADSCs prevent liver fibrosis via activating autophagy. Human & Experimental Toxicology. 2020;39(12):1619-1627. doi:10.1177/0960327120931152

The authors contacted the Publisher to request retraction of this article as they found errors within their images and that the analyses described in the article were inconsistent with current research on this topic.

The Publisher requested the data underlying all of the results reported in the article and the authors explained that the experiments were carried out by a third party laboratory. The authors additionally explained that they did not have any raw data underlying the findings of this article.

Due to concerns around the role played by the originally undisclosed third party in the research and publication of this article, and questions around the integrity of the author group, the Journal Editor retracts this article.

The authors did not respond when notified of this retraction.