Expression of Concern: Overexpression of Synuclein-γ in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Expression of concern: Li Z, Sclabas GM, Peng B, et al. Overexpression of Synuclein-γ in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Cancer. 2004;101(1):58–65. doi:10.1002/cncr.20321

This Expression of Concern is for the above article, published online on 19 May 2004 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and has been published by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Suresh S. Ramalingam; the American Cancer Society; and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The Expression of Concern has been published due to concerns raised by a third party regarding multiple duplications of the northern blot bands within Figure 1C GAPDH lane. The authors and their institute were informed about the concerns; in the absence of a satisfactory explanation and/or the original raw data, the journal team could not verify the authenticity of this figure and could not exclude that these concerns affect the related conclusions of the article. Therefore, the journal has decided to issue an Expression of Concern to inform and alert the readers. The corresponding author disagrees with this action and has stated that Figure 1C GAPDH lane contains the original, unmodified image.