Retraction: 'Genistein mediated histone acetylation and demethylation activates tumor suppressor genes in prostate cancer cells' by Nobuyuki Kikuno, Hiroaki Shiina, Shinji Urakami, Ken Kawamoto, Hiroshi Hirata, Yuichiro Tanaka, Shahana Majid, Mikio Igawa and Rajvir Dahiya

Int J Cancer. 2017 Oct 1;141(7):1492. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30829. Epub 2017 Jun 20.

Abstract

The above article, published online on 22 April 2008 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Prof. Peter Lichter, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to errors identified in Figs, 3, 4, and 5. The concerns about these figures cannot be resolved because the original data can no longer be retrieved.

Reference: Kikuno N, Shiina H, Urakami S, Kawamoto K, Hirata H, Tanaka Y, Majid S, Igawa M and Dahiya R. (2008), Genistein mediated histone acetylation and demethylation activates tumor suppressor genes in prostate cancer cells. Int J Cancer, 123:552-560. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23590.

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  • Retraction of Publication