RETRACTED: A human chondrogenic cell line retains multi-potency that differentiates into osteoblasts and adipocytes.
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This article has been retracted at the request of the author, Dr. Kimihito Yagami. Dr. Yagami's collaborators Yohei Uyama, Yasumasa Yoshizawa, Saburo Kakuta, Akira Yamaguchi, Masao Nagumo were not involved in the RT-PCR experiments and figure preparation The editor, Sundeep Khosla, was notified by an independent group that specific bands in Figure 3 of the paper appear to be duplicated. This was brought to the attention of the authors.

Due to the long interval from the original publication of the paper, the raw data was not available; however, the authors subsequently chose to retract the entire manuscript, and the editor agreed.
Yagami
Kimitoshi
K
Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan. kimi@senzoku.showa-u.ac.jp
Uyama
Yohei
Y
Yoshizawa
Yasumasa
Y
Kakuta
Saburo
S
Yamaguchi
Akira
A
Nagumo
Masao
M
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