四川农业大学理学院张利团队的论文惊现大规模图像重复,Cell Proliferation研究遭严重质疑!

学术荟萃2025-04-06 10:21:00山东

Part.1

论文简介


标题:Tanshinone I attenuates the malignant biological  properties of ovarian cancer by inducing apoptosis and autophagy via the  inactivation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

日期:2019年12月9日

单位与作者:四川农业大学理学院 Jin  Zhou、Li Zhang(通讯作者 音译 张利)

期刊:Cell Proliferation

Part.2

图像重复问题



#1 图1C与11篇论文存在严重图片重复。  


[left] Fig 2E from "Tetrandrine Citrate Suppresses Breast Cancer via Depletion of Glutathione Peroxidase 4 and Activation of Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 4-Mediated Ferritinophagy" (Yin et al 2022).

[right] Fig 1E.




  • Fig 2A from "Icariin Mitigates the Growth and Invasion Ability of Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma via Inhibiting Toll-Like Receptor 4 and Phosphorylation of NF-κB P65" (Lei et al 2020).

  • Fig 3H,I from "The Down-Regulation of TrkB Alleviates the Malignant Biological Behavior and Cancer Stem-Like Property of Laryngeal Cancer" (Hu et al 2020).

  • Fig 2A from "Puerarin 6″-O-xyloside suppressed HCC via regulating proliferation, stemness, and apoptosis with inhibited PI3K/AKT/ mTOR" (Li et al 2020).

  • Fig 1C from "Tanshinone I attenuates the malignant biological properties of ovarian cancer by inducing apoptosis and autophagy via the inactivation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway" (Zhou et al 2020).

  • Fig 4B from "Ligustrazine inhibits the viability and motility of colon cancer cells" (Chen et al 2020).

  • Fig 1B from "The anti-tumor effect of taxifolin on lung cancer via suppressing stemness and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in vitro and oncogenesis in nude mice" (Wang et al 2020).





#2 图3B与3篇论文存在严重图片重复。  

Clockwise from upper left:

  • Fig 4C,D from "Combination of aloin and metformin enhances the antitumor effect by inhibiting the growth and invasion and inducing apoptosis and autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma through PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway" (Sun et al 2020).
  • Fig 4C,D from "Genipin Induces Autophagy and Suppresses Cell Growth of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma via PI3K/AKT/MTOR Pathway" (Wei et al 2020).
  • Fig 3B.
  • Figs 3C, 4i from "Liquiritigenin exerts the anti-cancer role in oral cancer via inducing autophagy-related apoptosis through PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway inhibition in vitro and in vivo" (Ji et al 2021).





#3 图5D与2篇论文存在严重图片重复 


Fig5D




Fig 5C-F from "Tanshinone IIA suppresses ovarian cancer growth through inhibiting malignant properties and angiogenesis" (Zhou et al 2020.)


Fig 5C,D,E from "Natural compound Tan-I enhances the efficacy of Paclitaxel chemotherapy in ovarian cancer" (Zhou et al 2020).




#4 图1D与Zhou et al 2020 的图1A出现重复。


[left] Fig 1D.

[right] Fig 1A from "Tanshinone IIA suppresses ovarian cancer growth through inhibiting malignant properties and angiogenesis" (Zhou et al 2020).



#5 图2C与2篇论文出现严重重复。

Clockwise from upper left:



#6 图3B/D与四篇论文存在严重重复。
Figs 3B,D.

Clockwise from upper left:



#7 图4C/D与 Liang & Ju (2021) 大量重复。
For the sake of completeness, here are 2E,F from Liang & Ju (2021) again
#8 图4C与 Zhou et al 2020 的图1C存在一处重复。
[left] Fig 4C.
[right] Fig 1C from "Tanshinone IIA suppresses ovarian cancer growth through inhibiting malignant properties and angiogenesis" (Zhou et al 2020). Again.






参考信息:

https://pubpeer.com/publications/EA6B12BD681D4C5A9BFF9E86F64F58#9
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31820522/