Int J Mol Med 46: [Related article:] 1029-1038, 2020; DOI:
10.3892/ijmm.2020.4672
Following the publication of the above paper, the
authors contacted the Editorial Office to explain that they had
incorrectly assembled certain of the data included in the western
blots featured in Fig. 2D on p. 1033, and wished to issue a
corrigendum. Upon performing an independent analysis of the data in
this paper in the Editorial Office, however, it came to light that
the data in question were strikingly similar to data which had
already been submitted to the same journal (International
Journal of Molecular Medicine) in a paper written by different
authors at a different research institute.
Upon asking the authors for an explanation
concerning these data, the authors presented to the office a series
of blots related to the same experiments, including the purported
integral blots associated with the published data. However, owing
to a number of remaining uncertainties concerning the blots
provided resulting from an additional assessment of the raw
underlying data made using the software analysis program, 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 originally presented data.
The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience
caused.
