Int J Mol Med 36: [Related article:] 345-354, 2015; DOI:
10.3892/ijmm.2015.2258
Following the publication of the above paper, a
concerned reader has drawn to the Editor's attention that,
regarding the TUNEL assay data shown in Fig. 4A on p. 348, the
images shown for the 'control' and 'puerarin 0M' experiments
contained an overlapping section, such that data which were
intended to show the results of differently performed experiments
were apparently derived from the same original source. In addition,
regarding the flow cytometric plots shown in Fig. 10A on p. 351,
the 'SP600125+DEX' and 'LY294002+DEX' data panels were also
strikingly similar. Upon investigating the data in this paper
independently in the Editorial Office, it also came to light that
certain of the western blot data in Fig. 8A and C were overlapping
with data included in Fig. 9A and C, and moreover, western blot
data featured in Fig. 5 subsequently appeared in an article
featuring a pair of the same authors in the journal Neural
Regeneration Research.
In view of the large number of apparent errors that
were made in assembling various of the data in the figures reported
above, and given the re-use of some of the data in a subsequently
published paper that featured a pair of the authors on the above
paper, the Editor of International Journal of Molecular
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 for any inconvenience caused.
