Editorial Expression of Concern: Delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs in tumour cell-derived microparticles
The Editors would like to alert the readers that concerns have been raised regarding the data presented in Figs. 1 and5.Specifically: Fig. 1e (MTX-MP 72 h) and Fig. 5a (First) appear similar; Fig. 1f (Control) and Fig. 5a (Control) also appear to overlap.The authors have stated that the errors occurred due to similar morphology of the presented groups, and have been able to replicate the results described in the article.However, due to the age of the article, the original data are no longer available.
Authors
- Foad Katirai
- Duyun Ye
- Meng Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6625-9523)
- Yi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8373-017X)
- Dapeng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-3899)
- Ke Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1549-3907)
- Bo Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-4885)
- Guimei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8094-7936)
- Guanxin Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-8888)
- Jingwei Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-3037)
- Pingwei Xu
- Zuo‐Hua Feng
- Huafeng Zhang
- Jing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-2764)
Institutions
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62941-1
- Primary Topic
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00