. In view of the fact that so many instances of the duplication of data within several of the figures in the above paper were identified, the Editor has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal on account of a lack of confidence in the data. The authors were asked for an explanation to account for these concerns, but the Editorial Office did not receive a reply. The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience caused. Molecular Medicine Reports 12: 6591‑6597, 2015; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4292.
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