Int J Oncol 49: [Related article:] 943-952, 2016; DOI:
10.3892/ijo.2016.3589
Following the publication of this paper, it was
drawn to the Editors' attention by a concerned reader that the HLA
western blotting data shown for the HeLa cell line in Fig. 3D on p.
948 were strikingly similar to data appearing in different form in
Fig. 3 in the following article written by different authors at
different research institutes that was submitted for publication at
around the same time, and for which an Expression of Concern has
subsequently been published: Sun L, Xue H, Jiang C, Zhou H, Gu L,
Liu Y, Xu C and Xu Q: LncRNA DQ786243 contributes to proliferation
and metastasis of colorectal cancer both in vitro and in
vivo. Biosci Rep 36: e00328, 2016. In addition, it was also
noted that certain of the control western blotting data featured in
Figs. 3D and 5B were strikingly similar, even though different
experiments were being reported on in these figures.
In view of the fact that the contentious data were
submitted for publication at around the same time, the Editor of
International Journal of Oncology 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.
