RETRACTED: Human bone marrow, umbilical cord or liver mesenchymal stromal cells fail to improve liver function in a model of CCl4-induced liver damage in NOD/SCID/IL-2Rγ(null) mice

Cytotherapy. 2014 Nov;16(11):1511-1518. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2014.07.003. Epub 2014 Aug 28.

Abstract

This article has been removed: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been removed at the request of the Editor in Chief. This retraction comes after a thorough investigation of the scientific research presented in the article, along with an investigation into the authorship of the article and the ownership of the data presented. The Editor in Chief's decision to retract the article is based upon the authors' misuse and misrepresentation of a peer's scientific data without consent or approval.

Keywords: biodistribution; bone marrow; liver; liver injury model; mesenchymal stromal cells; umbilical cord.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Cells / cytology
  • Bone Marrow Cells / metabolism
  • Carbon Tetrachloride / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Liver / drug effects*
  • Liver / injuries
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • Liver Regeneration
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Umbilical Cord / cytology*
  • Umbilical Cord / metabolism
  • Umbilical Cord / transplantation

Substances

  • Carbon Tetrachloride