Cellular Oncology (2019) 42:783–799

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13402-019-00461-z.

After publication of the retraction notice [1] the Editor of the journal was informed that Dr. Jianfang Ning was not involved in the study and publication of the retracted article [2]. This has been confirmed by the University of Minnesota. Therefore, Dr. Ning should no longer be considered an author of this article.