[Retracted] Paeonol induces the apoptosis of the SGC‑7901 gastric cancer cell line by downregulating ERBB2 and inhibiting the NF‑κB signaling pathway.

Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, regarding the flow cytometric plots shown in Fig. 7 on p. 1479, although the number of data points increased with an increasing concentration of paenol, the patterning of the dots were similar comparing across the panels, which would not have been anticipated as the result if these experiments had been performed discretely, suggesting a fundamental flaw in the way in which these experiments were performed. The Editor of International Journal of Molecular Medicine has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal on account of a lack of confidence in the presented data. The authors were asked for an explanation to account for these concerns, but the Editorial Office did not receive a reply. The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [International Journal of Molecular Medicine 42: 1473‑1483, 2018; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2018.3704].