Oncol Lett 13: [Related article:] 1702–1710, 2017; DOI:
10.3892/ol.2017.5666
Subsequently to the publication of the above paper,
an interested reader drew to the authors’ attention that two of the
flow cytometric (FCM) plots featured in Fig. 6C on p. 1708 [namely,
the Molt-4/Control and Molt-4/25 μM+NAC (20 mM) plots] were
unexpectedly similar, even though the reported gated percentages
were different. Upon analyzing the data independently in the
Editorial Office, it was also noted that, regarding the western
blots featured in Fig. 7A on p. 1709, the protein bands shown for
the Cleaved PARP experiment with the Jurkat cell line were
strikingly similar to the data shown for the Bcl-2 experiment with
the Molt-4 cell line, albeit the protein bands were included in the
figure in different orientations.
Given that it has come to light that a couple of the
figures in this paper were apparently misassembled, which might
have had an adverse effect on the interpretation of the results and
conclusions in the article, the Editor of Oncology Letters
has decided that this paper should be retracted from the
publication on account of a 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.
