Retraction Note: Increased survival and cell cycle progression pathways are required for EWS/FLI1-induced malignant transformation (Cell Death & Disease, (2016), 7, 10, (e2419), 10.1038/cddis.2016.268)

Abstract

The authors have retracted this article because in Supplementary Figure 8b (1) the left-hand and right-hand MCL1 blots are the same, and (2) the cleaved caspase-3 blot lane 5 in the left panel is a duplicate of the first lane of the cleaved caspase-3 blot in the middle panel. Authors M. Hofbauer, M. Wiedner, C. Hartman, J. Tuckerman, J. Pencik, E. Tomazou, M. Schlederer, T. Javaheri, M. Mikula, H. Nivarthi, L. Kenner, D. Aryee, B. Sax, F. Grebien, H. Dolznig, G. Richter, M. Logan, B. Maurer, A. Üren, H. Kovar, R. Morrigl, and H. Pham agree with the retraction. Authors Z. Kazemi, M. Kauer, and R. Noorizadeth have not responded to correspondence about this retraction. The authors are repeating their experiments and a new manuscript will be submitted for peer review.