Zhong Jinyan, Yuan Hui, Xu Xiangqian, Kong Shoufang
Department of Gynecology, Affiliated Qingdao Hiser Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Int J Mol Med. 2021 Jul;48(1). doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2021.4973. Epub 2021 Jun 3.
Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn to the Editors' attention by a concerned reader that certain of the Transwell assay data in the article (featured in Figs. 3B and 7B) were strikingly similar to data appearing in different form in other articles by different authors at different research institutes that had already been published elsewhere at the time of the present article's submission. Furthermore, the scratch wound assay data in Fig. 7A of the above paper were strikingly similar to data published elsewhere. Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the above article had already appeared in different form in other articles prior to its submission to International Journal of Molecular Medicine, the Editor has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal. The authors did not reply to indicate whether or not they agreed with the retraction of the paper. The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [the original article was published in International Journal of Molecular Medicine 42: 779-788, 2018; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2018.3660].
在本文发表后,一位关注此事的读者提请编辑注意,文章中的某些Transwell分析数据(图3B和7B所示)与不同研究机构的不同作者在其他文章中以不同形式呈现的数据惊人地相似,而这些文章在本文提交时尚已在其他地方发表。此外,上述论文图7A中的划痕试验数据与其他地方发表的数据也惊人地相似。由于上述文章中存在争议的数据在提交给《国际分子医学杂志》之前已在其他文章中以不同形式出现,编辑决定将本文从该杂志撤回。作者未回复是否同意撤回该论文。编辑就由此造成的不便向读者致歉。[原文发表于《国际分子医学杂志》42: 779 - 788, 2018; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2018.3660]