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. 2026 Jul 13;29(8):116857. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.116857

Retraction notice to “Understanding microbiota-driven oncogenesis: The role of metabolites in tumorigenesis” [iScience 28 (2025) 113945]

Sadeeq Ullah 1, Chunyan Wu 1, Xiao Zou 1, Yangqing Zhong 1, Aftab Ahmad 3, Amin Ullah Jan 4, Yanguang Cong 1,5,∗, Yong Chen 2,∗∗, Lu Li 1,∗∗∗
PMCID: PMC13382147  PMID: 42519039

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Article Correction, Retraction and Removal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal).

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor.

Post-publication, an investigation conducted by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team on behalf of the journal identified references that are irrelevant to the article. Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team reached out to the authors for an explanation, but they were unable to provide a satisfactory response. Consequently, the editor has lost confidence in the conclusions of the article and has determined it should be retracted.

The authors disagree with the retraction and dispute the grounds for it.


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