Mol Med Rep 12: [Related article:] 63–70, 2015; DOI:
10.3892/mmr.2015.3395
Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn
to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that certain of the
cell apoptotic data shown in Fig. 3A, the flow cytometric (FCM)
data in Fig. 3B on p. 67, and the western blot data shown in Fig. 5
on p. 68 were strikingly similar to data that had either already
been submitted for publication elsewhere, or which subsequently
appeared in different form in other articles/publications.
Moreover, patterns of data featured within certain quadrants of the
FCM plots featured in Fig. 5 appeared to be strikingly similiar to
other patterns of data when comparing between the quadrants of the
FCM plots within this same figure, such that the similarities were
difficult to attribute to coincidence.
Owing to the fact that the abovementioned data have
apparently subsequently appeared in other unrelated articles, and
owing to the potentially anomalous presentation of data in the FCM
plots in Fig. 5, the Editor of Molecular Medicine Reports
has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal on
the grounds of an overall 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.
