Retraction notice to “Immunomodulatory effects of β-defensin 2 on tumor associated macrophages induced antitumor function in breast cancer” [Adv. Cancer Biol. – Metastasis 7 (2023) 100102]
Year: 2025
Type: retraction
Abstract: This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal ). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Concern was raised about validity and reliability of the data, experimental procedures, data analysis methods and consequently the result of the article. The Editors requested the corresponding author to repeat the experiments at least three times and provide the raw data and standard deviations for the statistically evaluated results. However, the authors did not follow the Editors' recommendations and were unable to provide adequate response for comment. The overall validity of the results could not be confirmed. Therefore, the Editor-in-Chief decided to retract the article.
Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Topic: Immune cells in cancer
Subfield: Immunology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,650
OpenAlex ID: W4407986292