Exp Ther Med 19:[Related article:] 3267–3274, 2020; DOI:
10.3892/etm.2020.8588
Following the publication of the above paper, it was
drawn to the Editor’s attention by a concerned reader that certain
of the flow cytometric data shown in Fig. 3A on p. 3270 and the
data panel showing the results of the ‘25 nM siMIAT’ experiment on
p. 3271 were strikingly similar to data which had been already been
submitted for publication to other journals that were written by
different authors at different research institutes. In addition,
overlapping data panels were noted with both the scratch-wound
assay experiments in Fig. 6A and the western blot data in Fig. 7,
suggesting that data which were intended to show the results of
differently performed experiments had apparently been derived from
the same original sources.
Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the
above article were found to be strikingly similar to data that had
already been submitted for publication elsewhere, the Editor of
Experimental and Therapeutic Molecular 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.
