Int J Mol Med 35: [Related article:] 637-644, 2015; DOI:
10.3892/ijmm.2015.2075
Following the publication of this paper, it was
drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that various
of the flow cytometry plots featured in Fig. 6A subsequently
appeared in six papers written by different authors at different
research institutes that were published in the years 2017-8, one of
which has since been retracted (a paper in Oncology
Research). Furthermore, the possible duplication of a western
band for the Msi-1 experiments shown in Fig. 7B was also noted on
p. 643, where the same data were apparently used to present two
different experimental conditions.
The authors were contacted by the Editorial Office
to offer an explanation for the issues described above, and they
have replied to say that, since this article is old, the digitized
raw data for this paper were discarded in accordance with the
institute's data retention policy after the mandated retention
period; moreover, the authors maintain full confidence in the
validity and reproducibility of their overall findings. Owing to
the fact that the Editorial Office has been made aware of potential
issues surrounding the scientific integrity of this paper, however,
we are issuing an Expression of Concern to notify readers of this
potential problem.
