Int J Oncol 50: [Related article:] 232-240, 2017; DOI:
10.3892/ijo.2016.3770
Following the publication of the above article and
an Expression of concern statement (doi: 10.3892/ijo.2025.5786)
that was published after a concerned reader drew the Editor's
attention to the fact that, regarding the western blots shown in
Figs. 4B and 5B, the AMPK panel
in Fig. 4B looked strikingly
similar to the ATG5 panel in Fig. 5B, and the p-AMPK panel in
Fig. 4B looked highly similar to
the ATG7 panel in Fig. 5B, the authors have now replied to the
Editorial Office to address this issue. After carefully reviewing
these figures, the authors have realized that the western blot
panels from Fig. 5B were inadvertently duplicated and pasted into
Fig. 4B, which resulted in the
visual similarity between these two figures in the published paper.
This error arose during the multiple rounds of revisions and
adjustments, which led to an unintended copy-pasting error.
The revised version of Fig. 4, now showing the correct data for
the AMPK and the p-AMPK blots in Fig.
4B, is shown opposite. The authors regret that these errors
were not identified prior to the publication of the article, and
thank the Editor of International Journal of Oncology for
allowing them the opportunity to publish this corrigendum. All the
authors agree with the publication of this corrigendum, and
apologize to the readership for any inconvenience caused.
