Abstract
At the request of the Journal Editors and Sage the following article has been retracted -
Shafaat S, Roman Regueros S, Chapple C, MacNeil S, Hearnden V. Estradiol-17β [E2] stimulates wound healing in a 3D in vitro tissue-engineered vaginal wound model. J Tissue Eng; 2023;14. doi:10.1177/20417314221149207.
The senior authors contacted Sage to report errors in the methods used to collect the data, and discrepancies between the original samples in the lab and the data presented in the article.
The lead author, S.S. was unable to share the raw files and data.
The author’s institution conducted an investigation into this matter and recommended the article is retracted.
Due to concerns about the reliability of the data in the article, the editor of the journal retracts the article.
SRR, CC, SM and VH agree to the retraction. S.S. did not agree.