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Retraction

Retraction: Intermittent Hypoxia Effect on Osteoclastogenesis Stimulated by Neuroblastoma Cells

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The authors of this article [1] notified the journal office that the University of Illinois at Chicago had investigated this work and that concerns had been raised about results presented in Figures 4, 5, and 6.

Figure 4B: The image in row 3, column 2 (SP600125, 5.0 μM), was duplicated in row 4, column 1 (SB203580, 0.1 μM). This duplicate image was replaced in a Correction [2] that was published before the journal office was notified of the institution’s investigation.

Figure 5A: Similarities were noted between the following image pairs:

  • row 1 column 1 (N (0 h), bottom portion) and row 2 column 3 (IH siHIF-2α (12h), top portion)
  • row 1 column 4 (IH (12h), top portion) and row 2 column 1 (IH + siNTC (12h), bottom portion)

Figure 6A: The same mouse appears to be presented in the third and fourth images of the left-hand panel (Parental, N).

The original data underlying these results are not available. The University of Illinois at Chicago advised that per their investigation the reliability of data and results presented in this article have been called into question.

In light of these issues, and in line with the University of Illinois at Chicago’s recommendation, the authors and PLOS ONE Editors retract this article.

BVK, MI, GM, MS did not respond to this retraction.

References

  1. 1. Bhaskara VK, Mohanam I, Gujrati M, Mohanam S (2014) Intermittent Hypoxia Effect on Osteoclastogenesis Stimulated by Neuroblastoma Cells. PLoS ONE 9(8): e105555. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105555 pmid:25148040
  2. 2. Bhaskara VK, Mohanam I, Gujrati M, Mohanam S (2017) Correction: Intermittent Hypoxia Effect on Osteoclastogenesis Stimulated by Neuroblastoma Cells. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0170156. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170156 pmid:28085942

Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2018) Retraction: Intermittent Hypoxia Effect on Osteoclastogenesis Stimulated by Neuroblastoma Cells. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198763. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198763

Published: June 5, 2018

Copyright: © 2018 The PLOS ONE Editors . This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.