Retracted: Naturally Occurring Sesquiterpene Lactone-Santonin, Exerts Anticancer Effects in Multi-Drug Resistant Breast Cancer Cells by Inducing Mitochondrial Mediated Apoptosis, Caspase Activation, Cell Cycle Arrest, and by Targeting Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK Signaling Pathway

Zhiqiang Wu; Chenchen Wang; Mingzhu Huang; Zhonghua Tao; Wangjun Yan; Yiqun Du

doi:10.12659/MSM.930755

Retracted: Naturally Occurring Sesquiterpene Lactone-Santonin, Exerts Anticancer Effects in Multi-Drug Resistant Breast Cancer Cells by Inducing Mitochondrial Mediated Apoptosis, Caspase Activation, Cell Cycle Arrest, and by Targeting Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK Signaling Pathway

Med Sci Monit. 2020 Dec 30:26:e930755. doi: 10.12659/MSM.930755.

Authors

Zhiqiang Wu^{1

2}, Chenchen Wang^{1

3}, Mingzhu Huang^{1

3}, Zhonghua Tao^{1

3}, Wangjun Yan^{1

2}, Yiqun Du^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (mainland).
² Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China (mainland).
³ Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China (mainland).

Abstract

It is now clear that the photomicrographs in Figure 2 are duplicates of the same image and that Figures 4 and 5 have been 'copied' from a publication "Lupeol triterpene exhibits potent antitumor effects in A427 human lung carcinoma cells via mitochondrial mediated apoptosis, ROS generation, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and downregulation of m-TOR/PI3Ksol;AKT signalling pathway" by Wei He, Xiang Li, Shuyue Xia, PMID: 30003730. Because the manuscript contains non-credible results and has also breached copyright, this journal is retracting the above publication.

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