The journal retracts the article “Berberine Inhibited Growth and Migration of Human Colon Cancer Cell Lines by Increasing Phosphatase and Tensin and Inhibiting Aquaporins 1, 3 and 5 Expressions” [1] cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding the integrity of an image presented in this publication [1].
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that identified indications of inappropriate editing and partial duplication within Figure 5 of this article. Although the authors cooperated with the investigation and submitted processed material, full raw material meeting the journals requirements for original images could not be provided for Editorial Board evaluation.
Consequently, the Editorial Board has lost confidence in the reliability of the findings and has decided to retract this publication, as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Molecules journal.
The authors did not agree to this retraction.
Reference
- Tarawneh, N.; Hamadneh, L.; Abu-Irmaileh, B.; Shraideh, Z.; Bustanji, Y.; Abdalla, S. RETRACTED: Berberine Inhibited Growth and Migration of Human Colon Cancer Cell Lines by Increasing Phosphatase and Tensin and Inhibiting Aquaporins 1, 3 and 5 Expressions. Molecules 2023, 28, 3823. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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