Retraction to: Cell Biosci (2018) 8:17 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-018-0212-8

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this paper. After publication, concerns were raised around the similarity between the rightmost ACHN panel of Fig. 4f and the TGF-B1 + Celecoxib panel in Fig. 5B in a previously-published article by different authors [1]. The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article. The authors have not responded to any correspondence from the editor about this retraction.