Retraction Note: P16^INK4a deletion ameliorated renal tubulointerstitial injury in a stress-induced premature senescence model of Bmi-1 deficiency

Retraction of: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06868-8, published online 08 August 2017

The Editors have retracted this Article.

Concerns were raised regarding similar images between Figure 4 of this article, and Figure 2 in¹ both representing WT medulla Bmi-1, and in Figure 3 (WT IL-1ß cortex), Figure 3 in¹ (WT TNFα cortex). Within the Article, additional issues were found between Figures 2d WT 8-OHdG cortex, and 3c WT TNFα cortex, between Figures 2d cortex WT 8-OHdG and 3d cortex WT NF-$\upkappa$B-p65, between Figures 2d medulla WT 8-OHdG and 3d medulla WT NF-$\upkappa$B-p65 and between Figures 2e medulla WT CD3 and 2f cortex WT F4/80. There also appears to be similarity between the ß-actin control bands in Figures 3 and 4. The Authors provided original images and repeats, but the data provided did not address the concerns. The Editors no longer have confidence in the data underlying this Article.

Authors Dengshun Miao has informed the publisher that author Xianhui Lv is deceased. Authors Dengshun Miao, Rong Wang, Zhenzhen Yu, Jianliang Jin, Xin Gu and Jianguo Tao disagree with the retraction. Authors Guoping Zuo and Qing Li did not respond to correspondence regarding this retraction.