RETRACTION: Leptin Induces Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 Expression to Promote Ovarian Cancer Cell Invasion by Activating ERK and JNK Pathways

RETRACTION: A. Ghasemi, S. I. Hashemy, M. Aghaei, and M. Panjehpour, “Leptin Induces Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 Expression to Promote Ovarian Cancer Cell Invasion by Activating ERK and JNK Pathways,” Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 119, no. 2 (2018): 2333–2344, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26396.

The above article, published online on 8 September 2017 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed due to concerns raised by third parties. Specifically, overlapping areas between the panels showing the “Lep+SP600125” and “Lep+PD098059” groups in SKOV3 cells have been detected within Figure 4. Additionally, the publisher's further investigation revealed duplication of the GAPDH bands in Figure 1A,D. The authors have acknowledged errors in figure compilation of Figure 4 and provided the corrected image corresponding to SKOV3 cells treated with Lep+PD098059. However, they did not provide the raw data underlying the experiments shown in Figure 1. In light of the multiple inaccuracies and the authors' failure to address the concerns related to Figure 1, the editors have lost confidence in the integrity of the whole body of data and consider the conclusions of the article to be unreliable. As a result, the article is retracted. The authors have been informed of the retraction decision and disagree with it.