Int J Oncol 38: [Related article:] 769-776, 2011; DOI:
10.3892/ijo.2011.899
Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn
to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, for the cell
migration assay data shown in Fig. 2A on p. 772, the 'Honokiol
Conc. 10 μM' data panels relating to the 4T1 and MCF-7 cell
lines contained an overlapping section, such that data which were
intended to show the results from experiments performed in
different cell lines had been derived from the same original
source. In addition, the western blot data featured in Fig. 4A were
published at around the same time in a couple of papers in
different journals that featured the same authors, wherein the
experiments reported were conducted differently compared with the
experimental conditions reported in the above paper; both of these
papers have subsequently been retracted.
Given the re-use of data that has been identified in
the above paper, together with the apparently incorrect assembly of
the data in Fig. 2A, 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.
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.
