RETRACTED ARTICLE: Transcriptional Controls by Nuclear Fat-Soluble Vitamin Receptors through Chromatin Reorganization

Abstract

The Editorial Board of Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry has recently confirmed that the Award Review article above written by Shigeaki KATO and Ryoji FUJIKI, contains a number of references to previous publications by the same authors, several of which contain some problematic images, which have resulted in the conclusions of those papers to be brought into question and those papers retracted. These images include fabrication and falsification of images through inappropriate processing and duplicate use of identical image data for different publications. These instances of misconduct have been confirmed by the University of Tokyo Scientific Research Code of Conduct Committee which raised questions over the validity of the Award Review article, published in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. Following COPE guidelines and in consultation with the author, the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry has decided to rescind the award given to the authors. After discussion with the authors, the Editorial Board and the authors have jointly decided to retract this Award Review article from Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry.

As Editor-in-Chief, I regret the time that peer reviewers and others spent on reviewing this paper.