The published article titled“MicroRNA-221-3p Plays an Oncogenic Role in Gastric Carcinoma by Inhibiting PTEN Expression”has been retracted from Oncology Research,Vol.25,No.4,2017,pp.523–536.DOI:10.3727/096504016X14...The published article titled“MicroRNA-221-3p Plays an Oncogenic Role in Gastric Carcinoma by Inhibiting PTEN Expression”has been retracted from Oncology Research,Vol.25,No.4,2017,pp.523–536.DOI:10.3727/096504016X14756282819385 URL:https://www.techscience.com/or/v25n4/56833 Following the publication,concerns have been raised about a number of figures in this article.An unexpected area of similarity was identified in terms of the cellular data,where the results from differently performed experiments were intended to have been shown,although the areas immediately surrounding this area featured comparatively different distributions of cells.In addition,the western blots in this article were presented with atypical,unusually shaped and possibly anomalous protein bands in many cases.展开更多
文摘The published article titled“MicroRNA-221-3p Plays an Oncogenic Role in Gastric Carcinoma by Inhibiting PTEN Expression”has been retracted from Oncology Research,Vol.25,No.4,2017,pp.523–536.DOI:10.3727/096504016X14756282819385 URL:https://www.techscience.com/or/v25n4/56833 Following the publication,concerns have been raised about a number of figures in this article.An unexpected area of similarity was identified in terms of the cellular data,where the results from differently performed experiments were intended to have been shown,although the areas immediately surrounding this area featured comparatively different distributions of cells.In addition,the western blots in this article were presented with atypical,unusually shaped and possibly anomalous protein bands in many cases.
