At the request of Sage and the Journal Editors, the following article has been retracted:
Tang, N., Hu, B., Zhang, Y., Chen, Z., & Yu, R. Possible involvement of the Hedgehog and PDPK1-Akt pathways in the growth and migration of small-cell lung cancer. Journal of International Medical Research. 2021; 49(5). https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605211016562
Sage was made aware of concerns on PubPeer that the Vehicle panel in Figure 7b appears to be highly similar to the Ech 10 µg/ml panel in Figure 4a of an article in another journal 1 .
The authors did not provide an explanation, or provide the raw, unedited images underlying the experiments reported.
Due to unresolved concerns about image integrity that call into question the validity of the findings, this article has been retracted.
The authors did not respond for comment.
Reference
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