RETRACTED: Elalfy et al. ATT-Myc Transgenic Mouse Model and Gene Expression Identify Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Chemicals That Accelerating Liver Tumor Growth in Short-Term Toxicity. Biomedicines 2025, 13, 743

Elalfy, Mahmoud; Aljazzar, Ahmed Jaafar; Elhadidy, Mona G.

doi:10.3390/biomedicines14092085

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RETRACTED: Elalfy et al. ATT-Myc Transgenic Mouse Model and Gene Expression Identify Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Chemicals That Accelerating Liver Tumor Growth in Short-Term Toxicity. Biomedicines 2025, 13, 743

by

Mahmoud Elalfy

^1,*,

Ahmed Jaafar Aljazzar

²

and

Mona G. Elhadidy

^3,4

¹

Clinical Science Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 3959-36362, Saudi Arabia

²

Pathology Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 3959-36362, Saudi Arabia

³

Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura City 35516, Egypt

⁴

Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Baha University, Alaqiq 65779-7738, Saudi Arabia

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Biomedicines 2026, 14(9), 2085; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14092085

Submission received: 3 June 2026 / Accepted: 15 September 2026 / Published: 16 September 2026

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular and Translational Medicine)

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The journal retracts and amends the authorship list of the article titled “ATT-Myc Transgenic Mouse Model and Gene Expression Identify Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Chemicals That Accelerating Liver Tumor Growth in Short-Term Toxicity” [1], cited above.

Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the publisher by an originally listed author regarding the integrity of several subfigures and the accuracy of the authorship list.

According to the journal’s standard procedures, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation. This investigation identified duplications within Figures 1 and 5, including material overlapping with a previously published article [2], presenting different experimental conditions. The investigation further confirmed, with input from the Ombuds Office of Hannover Medical School, that the originally published authorship list and stated contributions were inaccurate. Jurgen Borlak was included as an author in the original submission without his consent and did not approve the publication. Although the authors cooperated with the investigation and provided supporting materials, the Editorial Board concluded that the concerns could not be satisfactorily resolved based on the available information. Consequently, the Editorial Board has lost confidence in the reliability of the reported findings and has decided to retract the article and amend its authorship, removing Jurgen Borlak from the authors’ list, in accordance with MDPI’s retraction policy.

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Elalfy, M.; Aljazzar, A.J.; Elhadidy, M.G. RETRACTED: ATT-Myc Transgenic Mouse Model and Gene Expression Identify Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Chemicals That Accelerating Liver Tumor Growth in Short-Term Toxicity. Biomedicines 2025, 13, 743. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Scilit]
Hueper, K.; Elalfy, M.; Laenger, F.; Halter, R.; Rodt, T.; Galanski, M.; Borlak, J. PET/CT imaging of c-Myc Transgenic mice identifies the genotoxic N-nitroso-diethylamine as carcinogen in a short-term cancer bioassay. PLoS ONE 2012, 7, e30432. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Scilit]

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Elalfy M, Aljazzar AJ, Elhadidy MG. RETRACTED: Elalfy et al. ATT-Myc Transgenic Mouse Model and Gene Expression Identify Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Chemicals That Accelerating Liver Tumor Growth in Short-Term Toxicity. Biomedicines 2025, 13, 743. Biomedicines. 2026; 14(9):2085. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14092085

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Elalfy, Mahmoud, Ahmed Jaafar Aljazzar, and Mona G. Elhadidy. 2026. "RETRACTED: Elalfy et al. ATT-Myc Transgenic Mouse Model and Gene Expression Identify Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Chemicals That Accelerating Liver Tumor Growth in Short-Term Toxicity. Biomedicines 2025, 13, 743" Biomedicines 14, no. 9: 2085. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14092085

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Elalfy, M., Aljazzar, A. J., & Elhadidy, M. G. (2026). RETRACTED: Elalfy et al. ATT-Myc Transgenic Mouse Model and Gene Expression Identify Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Chemicals That Accelerating Liver Tumor Growth in Short-Term Toxicity. Biomedicines 2025, 13, 743. Biomedicines, 14(9), 2085. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14092085

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