Authors: Yingying Lu, Shichen Dong, Bai-Xia Hao, Chang Li, Kai-Yuan Zhu, Wen-Jing Guo, Qian Wang, King-Ho Cheung, Connie WM Wong, Wu-Tian Wu, Huss Markus & Jianbo Yue
Journal: Autophagy
Bibliometrics: Volume 10, Issue 11, pages 1895-1905
DOI: 10.4161/auto.32200
After reviewing the original data, the authors found that the background of several confocal images in E, C, S1, S2, S5, S12, and S14 was modified by the first author. The modifications include covering the incomplete cells at the edge of images or cells without expression of RFP or GFP. These modifications did not change the results or interpretation. In addition, the experiments of the modified images were repeated by another research staff member in the corresponding author's lab, and similar results have been obtained. The correct versions of these figures are provided below:
Figure 3C. Vacuolin-1 (1 μM) inhibited the fusion of EGFR endosomes with lysosomes in HeLa cells.
Figure 4E. Expression of RAB5A-CA enhanced vacuolin-1 induced autophagy arrest, whereas expression of RAB5A-DN blocked it in HeLa cells.
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