Retraction to: Cancer Gene Therapy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41417-020-00237-w, published online 22 November 2020

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised about the western blots images in Figs. 2c and 3c. The authors have not responded to requests to provide higher-resolution images or raw data. Additionally, contrary to the statement in the article, the authors have been unable to provide documents confirming that ethics approval was obtained for the study. The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the integrity of the data in this article.

The authors have not responded to any correspondence from the editor/publisher about this retraction.