RETRACTION: Breast Cancer Cell Survival Signal is Affected by Bergapten Combined With an Ultraviolet Irradiation.

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Retraction: M. L. Panno , F. Giordano , F. Mastroianni , M. G. Palma, V. Bartella, A. Carpino , S. Aquila , and S. Andò, "Breast Cancer Cell Survival Signal is Affected by Bergapten Combined With an Ultraviolet Irradiation," FEBS Letters 584, no. 11 (2010): 2321-2326, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2010.04.001. The above article, published online on 04 April 2010 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Michael Brunner; FEBS Press; and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed upon following an investigation prompted by concerns raised by a third party. The investigation identified inappropriate duplications of image sections in Figures 2A, 2B, and 2C; Figure 3B; as well as in Supplementary Figures S1B, S1C, and S2A. The authors' explanation and the data provided by the authors-pertaining to a different set of experiments conducted under the same treatment conditions-were found to be insufficient to resolve these concerns. The extent and nature of the inconsistencies identified in the published figures raised significant concerns regarding the data. As a result, the editors no longer have confidence in the integrity of the presented data and consider the study's conclusions to be compromised. The authors do not agree with this retraction.