Editorial Expression of Concern: P-LAP/IRAP-induced cell proliferation and glucose uptake in endometrial carcinoma cells via insulin receptor signaling(BMC Cancer, (2007), 7, 15, 10.1186/1471-2407-7-15)

The Editor is issuing this Editorial Expression of Concern to alert readers that concerns have been raised about some of the data reported in this article. Specifically, the β-actin band presented in Fig. 5 appears very similar to an Actin band presented in a paper that was under review simultaneously to this article, with no common authors [1]. Readers are advised to interpret the data presented in this article with caution. Kiyosumi Shibata, Hiroaki Kajiyama, and Akihiro Nawa did not respond to correspondence from the Publisher regarding this Editorial Expression of Concern. The Publisher was not able to obtain current contact emails for Kazuhiko Ino, Fumitaka Kikkawa, Shigehiko Mizutani, and Seiji Nomura.