On 2015 May 26, Paul Brookes commented:

Portions of Figure 4 and Figure 5 from this paper appear more similar than would be expected by chance, when compared to portions of Figure 3 and Figure 8, from Zhao ZQ, 2012 Br J Pharmacol. 167, 1550-1562, PMID: 22823335

Relevant information is available in the following two images... http://imgur.com/0DI1G78 http://imgur.com/u47Fdr8

Usual disclaimers apply - i.e. go look for yourself at the originals and decide if they're similar, don't take my word for it, no implications about motives or underlying causes of this apparent similarity should be taken from this comment.

That being said, the lead author has had two papers retracted for similar matters... http://retractionwatch.com/2015/05/26/heart-repair-study-retraction-marks-second-for-mercer-unviersity-researcher/

On 2015 May 26, Paul Brookes commented:

Portions of Figure 4 and Figure 5 from this paper appear more similar than would be expected by chance, when compared to portions of Figure 3 and Figure 8, from Zhao ZQ, 2012 Br J Pharmacol. 167, 1550-1562, PMID: 22823335

Relevant information is available in the following two images... http://imgur.com/0DI1G78 http://imgur.com/u47Fdr8

Usual disclaimers apply - i.e. go look for yourself at the originals and decide if they're similar, don't take my word for it, no implications about motives or underlying causes of this apparent similarity should be taken from this comment.

That being said, the lead author has had two papers retracted for similar matters... http://retractionwatch.com/2015/05/26/heart-repair-study-retraction-marks-second-for-mercer-unviersity-researcher/