Retraction of: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12460, published online 31 July 2015


The Editors have retracted this article.


After publication the following concerns were raised:

  • Figure 6B (panel Fibronectin) appears to overlap with Figure 3B (panel PPM1D vs COLO-320 cells) of1.

  • Figure 6B (panel Actin) appears to overlap with Figure 3B (panel β-actin vs COLO-320 cells) of1.

  • Significant portions of text in this article overlap with text in2


The Editors therefore no longer have confidence in the results and conclusions presented.


The Editors were not able to obtain current email addresses for Zhu Xishan, Lin Ziying, Du Jing and Liu Gang.