This article [1] was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about authorship, competing interests, and peer review. Based on the outcome of our assessment, the PLOS ONE Editors concluded that this article [1] was published on the basis of a compromised peer review process.The following issues were also noted in our internal assessment:Within each figure panel, the reported standard errors are highly similar across experimental conditions. This calls into question the reliability of the reported results.Contrary to the article’s Data Availability Statement, the raw individual-level data used to generate the graphs were not provided with the article as is required by the PLOS ONE Data Availability Policy.The Chang liver cell line has been reported to be contaminated and to be a HeLa derivative, not a cell line of hepatic origin [2].The corresponding author acknowledged that standard errors are presented incorrectly, and they stated that the raw individual-level data underlying the graphs are available.In light of the above concerns, particularly those involving the peer review process and the reliability of the reported results, the PLOS ONE Editors retract this article. We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.The author did not agree with the retraction.