Juan Li1, Shao-Xuan Wang2
1Department of Painless Endoscopy, Shandong Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Shandong, 272000, China;
2Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Shandong, 272000, China
Retraction Note to: JBUON 2016;21(1):108-117; PMID: 27061538
Following the publication of this article [1], readers drew to our attention that part of the data was unreliable: (1) Figures of this article appeared in other articles (by totally different authors); (2) some images were artificially fabricated. 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. 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. Li J, Wang SX. Synergistic enhancement of the antitumor activity of 5-fluorouracil by bornyl acetate in SGC-7901 human gastric cancer cells and the determination of the underlying mechanism of action. JBUON 2016;21:108-17.
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