Retraction of: Apigenin inhibits growth and migration of fibroblasts by suppressing FAK signaling

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This article has been retracted: Aging has completed its investigation of this paper. We found multiple instances of image reuse and overlap with images from unrelated papers from different institutions. Specifically:

Figure 1:

The transwell assay image in Figure 1G is a reuse of image in Figure 4G from the authors earlier paper [1];

The control transwell assay image in Figure 1H was reused in Figure 2G of the authors 2021 paper [2], which is already retracted;

The control transwell assay image in Figure 1H overlaps with an unrelated image in Figure 5D from already retracted paper [3];

The images in Figure 1H, 1I overlap with the images in Figure 5B from earlier published unrelated paper [4];

Also, images in Figure 1I overlap with the images in Figures 4A and 5B from already retracted paper [5];

Additionally, the images in Figure 1I were found in Figure 3F from concurrently published paper [6].

Figure 4:

The transwell assay images in Figure 4A, 4B were found to overlap with images in Figure 4F of [1], Figure 4C of [4], Figure 4D of [5], and Figure 3C from [6].

The corresponding author informed us that these overlaps were due to improper data storage in the laboratory and has applied for a retraction. Given these findings, the Editorial decision was to retract the paper. All authors have agreed to this retraction.