Exp Ther Med 13:[Related article:] 342–348, 2017; DOI:
10.3892/etm.2016.3938
Following the publication of the above paper, a
concerned reader drew the Editor’s attention to the fact that the
right-hand pair of flow cytometric plots shown in Fig. 2E on p. 345
[showing the results of the ‘Glu (30 mM)+Vector’ and ‘Glu (30
mM)+SIRT4’ experiments] contained unexpected areas of similarity /
identity; even though the gate settings were different; in
addition, certain of the western blot data were strikingly similar
to data that appeared in articles relatively soon afterwards
submitted to other journals written by different authors from
different research institutes, ultimately calling into question the
source of the data concerned.
Following an internal enquiry, the Editor of
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine was able to verify the
claims made by the concerned reader; therefore, in view of the
abovementioned anomalies that were identified in Fig. 2E and owing
to an overall lack of confidence in the presented data, the Editor
has decided that the 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 of the Journal for any
inconvenience caused.
