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01-03-2018 | Retraction Note
Retraction Note to: Quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides induce G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human colon cancer cells
Authors:
Hala U. Gali-Muhtasib, Mona Diab-Assaf, Makhluf J. Haddadin
Published in:
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
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Issue 3/2018
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Excerpt
The authors have retracted this article [
1] because of overlap in images within the publication and with another previously published article [
2]. It was brought to our attention that there are inconsistencies in Figs. 3, 5 and 6. The left middle panel in Fig. 3, labeled “Ctrl”, is the same as the left panel in Fig. 6, labeled “PD98059”, except that the latter is flipped upside down and right-left. In Fig. 5, the gel in the middle left panel labeled TGF-β2 has been cropped in two different ways and used in Figs. 2 and 3 of Harakeh et al. [
2]. This has been investigated by the Internal Research Integrity panel of the American University of Beirut who recommended retraction of the article as the original data are not available. *All authors agree to this retraction. …