Oncol Rep 37: [Related article:] 2751–2760, 2017; DOI:
10.3892/or.2017.5569
Subsequently to the publication of the above article
and a Corrigendum that was published to indicate corrections made
to Fig. 7 (DOI: 10.3892/or.2021.7922; published online on January
5, 2021), a concerned reader drew the Editor's attention to the
fact that, comparing between a pair of panels in the Figure, there
was an overlapping section of data; moreover, this overlapping
section contained apparent anomalies that could not be easily
accounted for through a straightforward re-use of one of the data
panels. The authors conceded that there was partial duplication
between the images shown in Fig. 7B and F, although they were
unable to access the related raw data as the experiments had been
performed almost 10 years ago. Secondly, the authors informed the
Editor that the corresponding author did not know he was on the
author list at the time of submission.
Although the authors' were granted permission to
publish the Corrigendum, the Editor now considers that the paper
should be retracted on account of the uncertainties in the
presented revised data and the authors' admission concerning the
corresponding author. Therefore, this paper has been retracted from
the Journal. The authors are in agreement with the decision to
retract the article. The Editor apologizes for any inconvenience
caused.
