Retraction Note: Stem Cell Research & Therapy (2020) 11:223 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-020-01731-6

The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article because of the following concerns:

  • Figure 2I: overlapping regions are present within this image

  • Figure 3D: overlapping regions are present within this image

  • Figure 5A: this image is incorrect

  • Figure 5E and 6H: overlapping regions are present within and between these images

The Editors-in-Chief therefore no longer have confidence in the data presented.

Authors Xinghong Guo and Xinguo Hou agree with this retraction but disagree with the wording of the retraction notice. All other authors agree to this retraction.