Retraction to: Oncogene https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2008.122, published online 28 April 2008
The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article. A number of concerns were raised after publication. Specifically:
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In figure 3A, the panel for Mock U251 and AD-SV U251 appear to partially overlap
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In figure 3B, the panel for Mock U251 and AD-SV U251 appear to partially overlap
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In supplementary figure 2A, the first Mock panel and a panel for 50 MOI Ad-MMP-2 with hrVEGF appear to overlap
The Editors have lost confidence in the data and conclusions of this article.
Author Odysseas Kargiotis disagrees with this retraction. The publisher could not obtain a recent email address for authors Meena Gujrati, Sajani S. Lakka, Chandramu Chetty, and Jasti S. Rao. All other authors did not respond to correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction.
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Kargiotis, O., Chetty, C., Gondi, C.S. et al. Retraction Note to: Adenovirus-mediated transfer of siRNA against MMP-2 mRNA results in impaired invasion and tumor-induced angiogenesis, induces apoptosis in vitro and inhibits tumor growth in vivo in glioblastoma. Oncogene 44, 1320 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-025-03377-1
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