Int J Mol Med 40: [Related article:] 1114-1124, 2017; DOI:
10.3892/ijmm.2017.3118
Subsequently to the publication of the above
article, and a Corrigendum that was published with the intention of
rectifying the issue of overlapping data panels showing cell
migration and invasion assay data in Fig. 8 (DOI:
10.3892/mmr.2018.9415; published online on September 24, 2017), it
was drawn to the Editors' attention by a concerned reader that
certain of the data shown for the epithelial-mesenchymal transition
experiments in Fig. 2B, western blotting data in Fig. 6 and
scratch-wound assay data shown in Fig. 7A were strikingly similar
to data appearing in different form in other articles by different
authors at different research institutes, which had already been
published elsewhere prior to this paper's submission to
International Journal of Molecular Medicine. In addition,
several other instances of overlapping data panels were identified
in Fig. 8.
Owing to the fact that a substantial number of
contentious data included in this paper had already been published
elsewhere prior to its submission to International Journal of
Molecular Medicine, the Editor 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.
