Oncol Rep 42: [Related article:] 67–78, 2019; DOI:
10.3892/or.2019.7142
Following the publication of this paper, it was
drawn to the Editors' attention by a concerned reader that, for the
western blots showing the CtBP1 and SOX2 bands in Fig. 5C on p. 74,
the data were in fact the same, but flipped horizontally; moreover,
two pairs of overlapping data panels were identified comparing
between the cell invasion and assay data images shown in Figs. 3E
and 6C, such that these were likely to have been derived from the
same original sources even though they were intended to show the
results from differently performed experiments; similarly, the
‘shSOX2 / 24 h’ and ‘shCtBP1 / 24 h’ data panels in Fig. 6B showing
the results of differently performed scratch-wound assay
experiments appeared to be overlapping, albeit with one of the
panels being slightly rotated relative to the other. Finally, there
were erroneous calculations included for the CtBP1 expression data
shown in Table III.
Given the large number of apparent errors that were
made during the assembly of various of the figures and Table III in
this paper, the Editor of Oncology Reports has decided that
this paper should be retracted from the Journal due to an overall
lack of confidence in the presented data. After contacting the
authors, they accepted the decision to retract this paper. The
Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience
caused.
