Oncol Rep 39: [Related article:] 1671-1681, 2018; DOI:
10.3892/or.2018.6252
Following the publication of the above article, a
concerned reader drew to the Editor's attention that certain of the
immunofluorescence data featured in Fig. 1H, TUNEL assay data in
Fig. 2A, cytochome c leakage assay data in Fig. 2H, staining
of cardiolipin images in Fig. 2H, lamellipodia-stained data in Fig.
3A, and immunofluorescence assay data in Figs. 3F and 5D were
strikingly similar to data appearing in different form in other
articles written by different authors at different research
institutes that had either already been published elsewhere prior
to the submission of this paper to Oncology Reports, or were
under consideration for publication at around the same time
(several of which have now been retracted). In addition,
overlapping sections of data were noted within the data panels in
Fig. 3D and F, such that data which were intended to represent the
results from differently performed experiments had apparently been
derived from the same original source(s).
In view of the fact that certain of these data had
already apparently been published prior to the submission of this
article for publication, and in view of an overall lack of
confidence in the presented data, the Editor of Oncology
Reports 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.
