Oncol Lett 13: [Related article:] 3522–3528, 2017; DOI:
10.3892/ol.2017.5902
Following the publication of this article, a
concerned reader drew to the attention of the Editorial Office that
the data panels for the Transwell cell invasion and migration assay
data shown in Fig. 4A and B on p. 3526 contained a number of
overlapping sections, such that these data apparently originated
from the same original sources where the results from differently
performed experiments were intended to have been portrayed.
Moreover, certain of these data had already been submitted for
publication in the following paper, written by different authors at
different research institutes [Ni J, Yang Y, Liu D, Sun H, Jin S
and Li J: MicroRNA-429 inhibits gastric cancer migration and
invasion through the downregulation of specificity protein 1. Oncol
Lett 13: 3845-3849, 2017].
Owing to the large number of overlapping data panels
identified in Fig. 4A and B, and the fact that these data had
already been submitted for publication in a different article to
Oncology Letters, the Editor has decided that this paper
should be retracted from the Journal. 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.
