Exp Ther Med 11:[Related article:] 2341–2348, 2016; DOI:
10.3892/etm.2016.3222
Following the publication of this paper, it was
drawn to the Editor’s attention by a concerned reader that, for the
experiments showing hematoxylin and eosin staining of lung tissue
tissues in Fig. 2 on p. 2344, the following duplications of data
were apparent: i) panels A (control group, left lung) and B
(control group, right lung) appeared to show exactly the same data;
ii) these same data were centrally located in panel C (left lung,
RIP group), at a different magnification; and iii) panels D (right
lung, RIP group) and E (left lung, NG-R1 group) appeared to show
the same data at different magnifications.
The Editorial Office have conducted an independent
assessment of these data, and can verify that the concerns raised
by the reader were valid. Therefore, in view of the large number of
duplications of data that have been identified within Fig. 2, the
Editor of Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine has decided
that this paper should be retracted from the Journal on account of
a lack of confidence in the presented data. 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 for any inconvenience caused.
