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Retraction to: Apoptosis (2011) 16:27–34 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-010-0537-1
The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article [1]. Concerns were raised regarding a number of images, specifically:
Figure 2b (Caspase 3) appears to partly overlap with Fig. 4g (Cytochrome C (mitochondria)).
Figure 2b (Caspase 9) appears to partly overlap with Fig. 4g (Cytochome C (cytosol)).
Figure 3a (NPC-16 treated HepG2 cells) appear to partly overlap with Fig. 3a (control image of Hela cells) of [2].
Figure 4d (14-3-3) appears to overlap with Fig. 7 (p27Kip1) of [3].
Additionally, there is considerable textual overlap with [2]. The data reported in this article are therefore unreliable.
Authors Chao-jie Wang and Song-qiang Xie disagree with this retraction. The Editor was not able to obtain current email addresses for the other authors.
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Xie, Sq., Li, Q., Zhang, Yh. et al. Retraction Note to: NPC-16, a novel naphthalimide–polyamine conjugate, induced apoptosis and autophagy in human hepatoma HepG2 cells and Bel-7402 cells. Apoptosis 26, 1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-021-01658-0
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