Retraction Note: Dclk1, a tumor stem cell marker, regulates pro-survival signaling and self-renewal of intestinal tumor cells

Retraction note:Mol Cancer16, 30 (2017)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-017-0594-y

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding highly similar images in some of the figures, specifically: Fig. 3D Bmi1 and Fig. 3F Hes1 blots appear highly similar; Fig. 3D Lgr 5 and Fig. 3F B-catenin blots appear highly similar; Fig. 3D Musashi1 Fig. 3F NFκBp65 blots appear highly similar; Fig. 7B si-DCLK1 invasion and Fig. 7B si-DCLK1 migration images appear highly similar (with different brightness and contrast); Fig. 7C si-DLCK1 migration and Fig. 7C si-NOTCH1 invasion images appear highly similar (with different brightness and contrast).

The authors have not been able to address these concerns to the Editor-in-Chief’s satisfaction.

Nathaniel Weygant, Michael Bronze, and Courtney W. Houchen agree with this retraction. Jiannan Yao does not agree with this retraction. Kenneth Vega as not explicitly stated whether they agree to this retraction. None of the other authors have responded to any correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction.

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1. Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA

   Parthasarathy Chandrakesan, Jiannan Yao, Dongfeng Qu, Randal May, Nathaniel Weygant, Yang Ge, Naushad Ali, Sripathi M. Sureban, Modhi Gude, Kenneth Vega, Michael Bronze & Courtney W. Houchen

2. OU Cancer Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

   Parthasarathy Chandrakesan, Dongfeng Qu & Courtney W. Houchen

3. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Endocrine, Diabetes, OK, 4Access, USA

   Parthasarathy Chandrakesan, Dongfeng Qu, Randal May, Naushad Ali, Sripathi M. Sureban & Courtney W. Houchen

4. Thyroid center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

   Modhi Gude

5. Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA

   Kenneth Vega

6. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

   Lijun Xia

7. Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Department of Oncology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

   Jiannan Yao, Yang Ge & Guangyu An

8. COARE Biotechnology, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

   Eddie Bannerman-Menson & Courtney W. Houchen

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Chandrakesan, P., Yao, J., Qu, D. et al. Retraction Note: Dclk1, a tumor stem cell marker, regulates pro-survival signaling and self-renewal of intestinal tumor cells. Mol Cancer 24, 120 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-025-02329-3

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