Mol Med Rep 17: [Related article:] 6363–6370, 2018; DOI:
10.3892/mmr.2018.8653
Following the publication of the above paper, it was
drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that the
cellular migration assay data shown in Fig. 5A-C had either
appeared previously, or were subsequently to appear, in a handful
of other articles in different journals written by different
authors at different research institutes, three of which have since
been retracted. In addition, an independent analysis of the data in
this paper undertaken by the Editorial Office revealed that western
blot data featured in Fig. 6A on p. 6368 had also been included in
five other papers written by different authors/research groups, the
majority of which had already been published or were under
consideration for publication when the above article was received
at Molecular Medicine Reports.
Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the
above article had already been published prior to its submission to
Molecular Medicine Reports, the Editor has decided that this
paper should be retracted from the Journal. Upon contacting the
authors, the second-listed author, Ying Yang, stated that they were
not aware of this submission to the Journal. The Editor apologizes
to the readership for any inconvenience caused.
