The journal retracts the article titled “Autocrine Motility Factor and Its Peptide Derivative Inhibit Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Regulating Wound Repair, Survival, and Drug Efflux” [1], cited above.
Following the publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding the image and data integrity issues presented in this paper [1].
In accordance with the journal’s standard procedures, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation, which confirmed that a nonspecific anti-Bax antibody (sc-7480) had been used, making the reported Bax protein expression data unreliable. Moreover, the investigation identified partial image duplication within Figure 3, and between Figure 5 and Figure 6 of this publication [1].
Although the authors cooperated with the investigation, the explanations and supporting materials provided were not deemed sufficient by the Editorial Board to resolve the identified concerns. As a result, the Editorial Board has decided to retract the article in line with the MDPI retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
The authors have been informed of this retraction and have indicated their agreement with this decision.
Reference
- Kim, S.G.; Kim, S.J.; Duong, T.V.; Cho, Y.; Park, B.; Kadam, U.S.; Park, H.S.; Hong, J.C. RETRACTED: Autocrine Motility Factor and Its Peptide Derivative Inhibit Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Regulating Wound Repair, Survival, and Drug Efflux. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 11714. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Scilit]
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