Mol Med Rep 17: [Related article:] 2051–2060, 2018; DOI:
10.3892/mmr.2017.8052
Following the publication of the above article, the
authors contacted the Editorial Office to explain that a couple of
errors concerning data handling/labelling had been made, firstly
during the preparation of the representative images in Fig. 3B,
resulting in the wrong image being selected for the data panel
showing the ACHN cells treated with ‘Inhibitor NC’ at 0 h
experiment, and secondly in Fig. 5A, resulting in the wrong image
being selected for the data panel showing the ACHN cells treated
with ‘Inhibitor NC’ experiment. The authors requested that a
corrigendum be published to take account of the errors that were
made during the preparation of this figure.
Subsequently, an independent investigation of the
published data was undertaken by the Editorial Office, which
revealed that the ‘Inhibitor’ data panel in Fig. 6A and the ‘Mimic
NC’ data panel in Fig. 6B were also overlapping, such that these
data were likely to have been derived from the same original
source, even though these data panels were intended to have shown
the results from differently performed experiments. The Editor of
Molecular Medicine Reports has considered the authors’
request to publish a corrigendum, but given the number of
overlapping data panels that have been identified and the number of
figures that would be in need of correction, the Editor has decided
to decline the authors’ request to publish a corrigendum on account
of an overall lack of confidence in the presented data, and instead
has determined that the paper should be retracted. Upon receiving
this news from the Editor, the authors accepted the Editor's
decision. The Editor apologizes to the readership of the Journal
for any inconvenience caused.
