Oncol Rep 26: [Related article:] 237–245, 2011; DOI:
10.3892/or.2011.1271
Following the publication of the above paper, a
concerned reader drew to the Editor's attention that, for the
RT-qPCR experiments shown in Fig. 2A on p. 240, data which were
intended to show the results of experiments performed in two
different cell lines (MCF7 and MDA-MD-231) appeared to have been
duplicated, with some evidence of stretching of the bands. In
addition, it was shown that, in Fig. 5A and C on p. 242, data which
were also intended to show the results of RT-qPCR and western blot
analysis experiments performed in the same two cell lines appeared
to have been duplicated; moreover, GAPDH data in Fig. 2C also
appeared to have been included in Figs. 5C and 6C, but with the
data bands shown in different orientations, and probable
rearrangement of bands had occurred with the cyclin D1 / MMP-9 data
in Fig. 5C compared with Fig. 6C.
Owing to the large number of duplications of data
that have been identified in this paper, the Editor of Oncology
Reports has decided that it should be retracted from the
Journal 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.
