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. 2021 Oct 11;21:371. doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-01952-w

Retraction Note to: High expression level and nuclear localization of Sam68 are associated with progression and poor prognosis in colorectal cancer

Wen-Ting Liao 1,3, Jun-Ling Liu 4, Zheng-Gen Wang 5, Yan-Mei Cui 1,3, Ling Shi 2, Ting-Ting Li 1,3, Xiao-Hui Zhao 2, Xiu-Ting Chen 2, Yan-Qing Ding 1,3,, Li-Bing Song 2,
PMCID: PMC8507158  PMID: 34635062

Retraction note to: BMC Gastroenterol 2013, 13:126 10.1186/1471-230X-13-126

The Editor has retracted this article after a number of concerns were raised, including:

  • Overlapping panels in Figures 2 and 3

  • Inaccurate description of Figure 2 parts A-C in the figure legend

  • Lack of discussion of the difference between the behaviour of the cell line COLO205 compared with the other cell lines used

  • Lack of methodological information relating to the 9 paired colorectal cancer tissue samples

  • No description of normal cell lines used and inconsistencies in the descriptions of colorectal cell lines

The Editor no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions presented. Yan-Mei Cu agrees with this retraction. Wen-Ting Liao and Li-Bing Song disagree with this retraction. Jun-Ling Liu, Zheng-Gen Wang, Ling Shi, Ting-Ting Li, Xiao-Hui Zhao, Xiu-Ting Chen and Yan-Qing Ding have not responded to correspondence from the Editor about this retraction.

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Yan-Qing Ding, Email: dyq@fimmu.com.

Li-Bing Song, Email: lb.song1@gmail.com.


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