Molecular Medicine Reports Molecular Medicine Reports 1791-2997 1791-3004 D.A. Spandidos 10.3892/mmr.2026.13831 MMR-33-4-13831 Retraction [Retracted] MicroRNA-486-5p inhibits the growth of human hypertrophic scar fibroblasts by regulating Smad2 expression ShiYingying WangLuping YuPijun LiuYi ChenWei 042026 25022026 33 4 121 Copyright: © 2026 Shi et al. 2026 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.

Mol Med Rep 19: 5203–5210, 2019; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2019.10186

Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that certain of the flow cytometric data shown in Fig. 5A on p. 5208 were strikingly similar to data that had appeared previously in other papers written by different authors at different research institutes.

In view of the fact that the abovementioned data had already apparently been published prior to its submission to Molecular Medicine Reports, the Editor has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal. The authors were asked for an explanation to account for these concerns, but the Editorial Office did not receive a reply. The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience caused.