Article Title: “Bmi1 is critical to prevent Ikaros-mediated lymphoid priming in hematopoietic stem cells”
Authors: Lorena Arranz, Antonio Herrera-Merchan, Jose Manuel Ligos, Antonio de Molina, Orlando Dominiguez, Susana Gonzalez
Journal: Cell Cycle
Bibliometrics: Volume 11, Issue 1, pages 65–78
DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.1.18097
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
We, the Editors and Publishers of Cell Cycle, are retracting the following article:
Lorena Arranz, Antonio Herrera-Merchan, Jose Manuel Ligos, Antonio de Molina, Orlando Dominiguez, Susana Gonzalez. “Bmi1 is critical to prevent Ikaros-mediated lymphoid priming in hematopoietic stem cells” Cell Cycle 11.1 (2012): 65–78 http://tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4161/cc.11.1.18097
We have been made aware of certain irregularities in Figures 1d, 2e, and 6b of the above work that are relevant to its results. We have been advised that, during the course of an internal inquiry and subsequent legal proceedings, corresponding author Dr. Susana Gonzalez was not able to provide original raw data or laboratory notes for any of the experiments represented in these figures to explain or justify the results reported in the article. The remaining co-authors maintain, and we accept, that they did not participate in, and nor were they aware of, this omission.
We believe the foregoing constitutes a breach of certain representations and warranties made by the corresponding author Dr. Gonzalez to us with respect to complying with ethical standards and practices governing scientific research and conduct, and of our policy on publishing ethics and integrity. We note that we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on the purported veracity of these representations and warranties. We have been informed in our decision-making to retract the work by the guidance of COPE guidelines on retractions.