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Retraction

Retraction: Restoration of Mal overcomes the defects of apoptosis in lung cancer cells

  • The PLOS ONE Editors

After this article [1] was published, concerns were raised about some of the western blots in S2 Fig. Specifically, there appear to be similarities between multiple different areas in the backgrounds within the right Fig 2C panel in S2 Fig and within the left Fig 5I panel in S2 Fig. For some western blots in S2 Fig a full editorial assessment could not be completed due to the resolution of the images.

The nature of the issues observed in these images raises serious concerns regarding the reliability and integrity of the reported results and conclusions. Therefore, the PLOS ONE Editors retract this article.

PCY did not respond to the editorial decision. LTY, FM, HTZ, MZ, XHZ, and ZQL either did not respond directly or could not be reached.

Reference

  1. 1. Yang L-T, Ma F, Zeng H-T, Zhao M, Zeng X-H, Liu Z-Q, et al. (2020) Restoration of Mal overcomes the defects of apoptosis in lung cancer cells. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227634. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227634 pmid:31978067

Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2023) Retraction: Restoration of Mal overcomes the defects of apoptosis in lung cancer cells. PLoS ONE 18(12): e0296552. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296552

Published: December 28, 2023

Copyright: © 2023 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.