Retraction to: Cancer Gene Therapy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41417-020-00220-5, published online 16 November 2020

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article at the author’s request. After the publication of the article, the authors found that their data for transwell experiments was not consistent. Further, the Publisher’s analysis found western blot images appear highly similar to those in a number of other articles from different groups published around the same time. The ethical approval document does not match with the ethical committee name stated in the article.

None of the authors have responded to any correspondence from the Editor/Publisher about this retraction.