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RETRACTION: Effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Treatment to Heal Diabetic Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR
A paper claiming to analyze the effect of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles on diabetic wound healing was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and text overlap with another study.
Contribution
The retraction highlights issues with the peer review process and text overlap in a meta-analysis on extracellular vesicles for diabetic wound healing.
Findings
The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
Unattributed textual overlap was found between this article and another by different authors.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
Abstract
RETRACTION: ChangX. and LiJ. , “Effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Treatment to Heal Diabetic Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 7 (2023): 2820–2829, 10.1111/iwj.14161.37015903 PMC10410336 The above article, published online on 04 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In addition, the investigation found unattributed textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the…
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Taxonomy
TopicsMesenchymal stem cell research · Wound Healing and Treatments · Extracellular vesicles in disease
RETRACTION:
X. Chang and J. Li , “Effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Treatment to Heal Diabetic Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 7 (2023): 2820–2829, 10.1111/iwj.14161.37015903 PMC10410336
The above article, published online on 04 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In addition, the investigation found unattributed textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
Reference
[1] A. J. M. Bailey , H. Li , A. M. Kirkham , A. Tieu , H. B. Maganti , R. Shorr , D. A. Fergusson , M. M. Lalu , H. Elomazzen , D. S. Allan , “MSC‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles to Heal Diabetic Wounds: a Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Preclinical Animal Studies,” Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 18 (2022): 968–979, 10.1007/s12015-021-10164-4.33893619 PMC8064883
