Dan L, Jian D, Na L, Xiaozhong W. Onco Targets Ther. 2012;5:271—277.

We, the Editors and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy, have retracted the published article.

Following publication, a third party raised concerns regarding repeated sections of images in figure 5a that should represent different experimental conditions. Following these concerns being raised, the authors then contacted the journal to request a correction to the figure.

When asked for an explanation regarding the concerns, the authors explained that Figure 5 had been misused. Following an investigation, as verifying the validity of the published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, the Editor and Publisher do not believe the concerns can be addressed with a correction, and we are therefore retracting the article. All authors listed in this publication have been informed.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.