Expression of concern: “SQSTM1/p62 promotes the progression of gastric cancer through epithelial-mesenchymal transition” [Heliyon 10 (2024) e24409]

A post-publication investigation conducted by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team on behalf of the journal discovered that the authors used the MGC-803 cell line for gastric cancer studies, which is reported to be contaminated and a HeLa derivative (https://www.cellosaurus.org/CVCL_5334). The data affected by the use of this cell line is in Figure 2A.

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Heliyon
Published
2025-11-20
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44226
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Cancer Cells and Metastasis
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Expression of concern: “SQSTM1/p62 promotes the progression of gastric cancer through epithelial-mesenchymal transition” [Heliyon 10 (2024) e24409]

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Expression of concern: “SQSTM1/p62 promotes the progression of gastric cancer through epithelial-mesenchymal transition” [Heliyon 10 (2024) e24409]

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Abstract

A post-publication investigation conducted by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team on behalf of the journal discovered that the authors used the MGC-803 cell line for gastric cancer studies, which is reported to be contaminated and a HeLa derivative (https://www.cellosaurus.org/CVCL_5334). The data affected by the use of this cell line is in Figure 2A.

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