Retraction Note to: Inhibition of cancer cell growth in cisplatinresistant human oral cancer cells by withaferin-A is mediated via both apoptosis and autophagic cell death, endogenous ROS production, G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and by targeting MAPK/RAS/RAF signalling pathway

Xuelian Yin¹, Guang Yang¹ , Dongjie Ma² , Zhejun Su¹

¹Department of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde 067000, China;

²Operating Room of Qinhuangdao Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Qinhuangdao 066000, China.

Retraction note to: JBUON 2020;25(1):332-337; PMID: 32277651

Following the publication of this article [1], readers drew to our attention that part of the data was unreliable: Figures of this article appeared in other articles (by totally different authors). The authors were requested to provide the raw data and were also asked for an explanation to account for these concerns, however, the Editorial Office hasn’t received any reasonable reply. To make the readers alert, we published an Expression of Concern for this article months ago. Now we completed the investigation and decided to retract this article. Authors were informed of the retraction. We thank the readers for bringing this matter to our attention. We apologize for any inconvenience it may cause.

References

1. Yin X, Yang G, Ma D, Su Z. Inhibition of cancer cell growth in cisplatin-resistant human oral cancer cells by withaferin-A is mediated via both apoptosis and autophagic cell death, endogenous ROS production, G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and by targeting MAPK/RAS/RAF signalling pathway. JBUON 2020;25:332-7.

The original article can be found online at: https://www.jbuon.com/archive/25-1-332.pdf

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