Exp Ther Med 15:[Related article:] 3425–3431, 2018; DOI:
10.3892/etm.2018.5862
Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn
to the Editor’s attention by a concerned reader that the control
GAPDH western bands shown in Fig. 3A were strikingly similar to the
control GAPDH western bands shown in Fig. 4A of a paper that had
also been published in Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
by the same research group 2 years previously to this one [Liu ML,
Wang ML, Liu JF, Luo Z, Shi L, Feng Y, Li L, Xu L and Wan J: Impact
of ethyl pyruvate on Adriamycin-induced cardiomyopathy in rats. Exp
Ther Med 12: 3201-3208, 2016]. Similarly, the control GAPDH western
blots in Fig. 5B of the above paper were strikingly similar to the
control GAPDH blots in Fig. 2C of the same previously published
paper. Finally, upon performing an independent analysis of the data
in this paper in the Editorial Office, it came to light that the
AT6α bands in Fig. 3A were apparently the same as the protein bands
that had been included in Fig. 2C of the previously published paper
to portray the Nox2 western blot experiments.
Owing to the fact that the Editorial Office has been
made aware of potential issues surrounding the scientific integrity
of the above paper, we are issuing an Expression of Concern to
notify readers of this potential problem while the Editorial Office
continues to investigate this matter further.
