Int J Oncol 45: [Related article:] 1123-1132, 2014; DOI:
10.3892/ijo.2014.2527
Following the publication of the above paper, it was
drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, for the
Transwell migration assay experiments shown in Fig. 1C and 3C,
three sets of data panels were found to contain overlapping
sections of data (including four panels across the figure parts
that contained the same overlapping data). A further pair of
overlapping data panels were identified for the immunofluorescence
experiments shown in Fig. 5. Upon receiving notification of this
issue, the authors requested a corrigendum and submitted corrected
versions of Figs. 1, 3 and 5. However, upon performing an
independent analysis of the data in this paper in the Editorial
Office, it was also noted that certain of the data in these figures
had appeared subsequently in a pair of more recent publications by
the same research group, and moreover, one of these images had been
incorporated into one of the three revised figures submitted for
the corrigendum.
Owing to the large number of duplications of data
identified in the published paper, and the apparent mislabelling of
the authors' own data files, the Editor of International Journal
of Oncology has decided that it should be retracted from the
Journal on account of a lack of confidence in the presented data.
After contacting the authors, they accepted the decision to retract
the paper. The Editor apologizes to the readership for any
inconvenience caused.
