Exp Ther Med 15:[Related article:] 4829–4837, 2018; DOI:
10.3892/etm.2018.6021
Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn
to the Editor’s attention by a concerned reader that certain of the
western blot data shown in Figs. 3C and 4A on p. 4834 and 4835
respectively were strikingly similar to data appearing in different
form in an article written by different authors at different
research institutes that had already been published in the journal
Oncotarget prior to the submission of this paper to
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. Upon performing a
further independent analysis of the data in this paper, it came to
light that certain of the cell migration and invasion assay data in
Fig. 2C and D, the flow cytometric data in Fig. 3C and the majority
of the cell migration and invasion assay data in Fig. 4C and D had
also been published previously in a number of articles that were
written by different authors at different research institutes.
In view of the fact that the abovementioned data had
already apparently been published previously, the Editor of
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine has decided that this
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 for any inconvenience caused.
