Editorial Expression of Concern: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2014, 6:88
https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-6-88
‘The Editors-in-Chief are issuing an Editorial Expression of Concern to alert readers that concerns were raised regarding the figures in this article. The β-actin lane of Fig. 2 appears very similar to the β-actin lanes in Fig. 3 of a previously published article [1].
However, as the lane in Fig. 2 of this article contains an extra blot not found in the previous publication, the original source of the image is unclear. The COX-2 lane in Fig. 2 appears similar to the Caspase-3 lane of Fig. 1D in a previous paper with overlapping authorship [2].
Additionally, there are unusual repeating patterns in the lower right-hand corner of Fig. 6A. The authors have not responded to any correspondence from the publisher regarding these concerns. Readers are therefore advised to interpret the data presented in these figures with caution.
None of the authors responded to correspondence from the Publisher about this Editorial Express of Concern.
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