Retraction Note to: Cell Death & Disease https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2017.279

The Editors have retracted this article because an investigation by the University of South Florida concluded that Figs. 7b, e and 8c–e present inappropriately duplicated images and that these images and the text associated with them are not scientifically defensible. Adam Smith, Brian Giunta, Glenn Currier, and Douglas Ronald Shytle agree with this retraction. Ahsan Habib, Darrell Sawmiller, and Takashi Mori disagree with this retraction. Jun Tan, Yang Xiang, David Rongo, Huayan Hou, and Song Li have not responded to any correspondence from the publisher about this retraction. The publisher was unable to contact Jun Tian, Jin Zeng, and Shengnuo Fan.