Retraction to: Oncogenesis 10.1038/oncsis.2016.28, published online 11 April 2016
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article because several images in this article appear to overlap with those of a previously published article [1] by different authors. In particular:
Figure 3a (panel β-actin) appears to overlap with Figure 2e (panel 0h vs GAPDH (36 kDa)) of [1].
Figure 3a (panel p21) appears to overlap with Figure 6b (panel APC (160 kDa)) of [1].
In addition, the authors have been unable to provide documents confirming that ethics approval was obtained for the study.
D-Q Dou agrees with this retraction. C Liu, L-H Dai, L-Q Ma and Y-X Sun have not responded to correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction.
Footnotes
These authors contributed equally: C. Liu, L.-H. Dai.
Contributor Information
D.-Q. Dou, Email: doudequan@126.com
L.-Q. Ma, Email: lqma@bac.edu.cn
Reference
- 1.Liang L, Zhou W, Yang N, Yu J, Liu H. ET-1 promotes differentiation of periodontal ligament stem cells into osteoblasts through ETR, MAPK, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways under inflammatory microenvironment. Mediators Inflamm. 2016 doi: 10.1155/2016/8467849. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]