We, the Editors and Publishers of Current Eye Research, have retracted the following article:
Chandra Shekar Boosani, Narasimharao Nalabothula, Nader Sheibani & Akulapalli Sudhakar (2010) Inhibitory Effects of Arresten on bFGF-Induced Proliferation, Migration, and Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Activation in Mouse Retinal Endothelial Cells, Current Eye Research, 35:1, 45–55, DOI: 10.3109/02713680903374208.
A report from the United States Office of Research Integrity (ORI), published November 14, 2019, found that corresponding author Akulapalli Sudhakar (identified in the ORI report as Sudhakar Yakkanti) engaged in research misconduct. In the above paper, the second, fourth, and fifth panels of Figure 3A were found to be reused and labeled as results of different experiments.
The ORI case summary is available here: https://ori.hhs.gov/content/case-summary-yakkanti-sudhakar. The findings are also described in the US Federal Register Notice: https://ori.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/2019-24689.pdf, Volume 84, Number 220 (November 14, 2019).
We have reached out to the author and did not receive a response.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted.”