伪造/捏造数据,杰出学者程金被撤回21篇文章
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叉头盒O (FOXO)转录因子是细胞存活和生长的关键调控因子。FOXO的转录活性和亚细胞定位受到翻译后修饰的严格调控。

2013年5月14日,H. Lee Moffitt癌症中心程金(音译,Jin Q Cheng)及北京大学肿瘤医院寿成超共同通讯在PLOS ONE 在线发表题为“IKBKE phosphorylation and inhibition of FOXO3a: a mechanism of IKBKE oncogenic function”的研究论文,该研究表明IKBKE主要通过SerS644的磷酸化调控FOXO3a,并且IKBKE至少在一定程度上通过调控FOXO3a发挥其细胞功能。

但是,在2023年7月25日,该文章被撤回,主要原因是文章存在伪造和/或捏造的数据的行为。

另外,2010年3月9日,H. Lee Moffitt癌症中心程金(音译,Jin Q Cheng)团队PLOS ONE 在线发表题为“Regulation of proapoptotic mammalian ste20-like kinase MST2 by the IGF1-Akt pathway”的研究论文,该研究首次证明细胞外细胞生存信号IGF1调节MST2, Akt是MST2的关键上游调节因子。但是,在2023年7月25日,该文章被撤回,主要原因是文章存在伪造和/或捏造的数据的行为。

最后,诚信科研编辑部发现,在2016年Journal of Biological Chemistry 撤回了程金的19篇文章

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莫菲特癌症中心(Moffitt Cancer Center)对这篇文章进行了调查,并确定以下数据存在伪造和/或捏造的证据:
图1B, HA-FOXO3a面板;
图1C, ChIP检测面板;
图3E, pfoxo3a - s644面板,第1列;
图5A, Myr-IKBKE面板;
图5C, IKBKE面板,2泳道;
图5G, HA-FOXO3a面板。
在它们被发现不当行为后,莫菲特癌症中心建议撤回[1]。

PLOS编辑还注意到下面列出的附加面板中的图像不规范:
图1D, Myc-IKBKE面板;
图2A, HA-FOXO3a面板和Myr-IKBKE面板;
图2B,左侧HA-FOXO3a面板和右侧Myr-IKBKE面板;
图S3 IKKα/β IKBKE面板;
作者没有回应关于上述担忧的编辑沟通,也没有提供任何基础数据。
鉴于机构调查的结果,以及对这些数据的完整性提出质疑的多个图片小组的担忧,PLOS ONE 编辑撤回这篇文章。
WT对此作出了回应,但对编辑的决定既不同意也不反对。JPG, SS, YX, CS和JQC要么没有直接回应,要么无法联系到。

另外,由程金署名(通讯作者)的19篇Journal of Biological Chemistry 被撤回文章列表:
[1]MicroRNA-221/222 negatively regulates estrogen receptor α and is associated with tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer.
[2]Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt inhibits MST1-mediated pro-apoptotic signaling through phosphorylation of threonine 120.
[3]IKKϵ phosphorylation of estrogen receptor α Ser-167 and contribution to tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer.
[4]A small molecule inhibits Akt through direct binding to Akt and preventing Akt membrane translocation.
[5]MicroRNA-155 regulates cell survival, growth, and chemosensitivity by targeting FOXO3a in breast cancer.
[6]Phosphorylation and activation of androgen receptor by Aurora-A.
[7]IKBKE protein activates Akt independent of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/PDK1/mTORC2 and the pleckstrin homology domain to sustain malignant transformation.
[8]Identification of Akt interaction protein PHF20/TZP that transcriptionally regulates p53.
[9]MicroRNA MiR-214 regulates ovarian cancer cell stemness by targeting p53/Nanog.
[10]Positive feedback regulation between Akt2 and MyoD during muscle differentiation. CLONING OF Akt2 PROMOTER.
[11] Inhibition of JNK by cellular stress- and tumor necrosis factor α-induced AKT2 through activation of the NFκB pathway in human epithelial cells.
[12]Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway regulates tuberous sclerosis tumor suppressor complex by phosphorylation of tuberin.
[13]AKT2 inhibition of cisplatin-induced JNK/p38 and Bax activation by phosphorylation of ASK1. IMPLICATION OF AKT2 IN CHEMORESISTANCE.
[14]Akt phosphorylation and stabilization of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP).
[15]ArgBP2γ interacts with Akt and p21-activated kinase-1 and promotes cell survival.
[16]Molecular cloning and characterization of the human AKT1 promoter uncovers its up-regulation by the Src/Stat3 pathway.
[17]Akt attenuation of the serine protease activity of HtrA2/Omi through phosphorylation of serine 212.
[18]Identification of Aurora-A as a direct target of E2F3 during G2/M cell cycle progression.
[19]Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway by androgen through interaction of p85α, androgen receptor, and Src.
参考消息:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289330