Cytotoxicity of Selenium Nanoparticles in Rat Dermal Fibroblasts [Expression of Concern]

Abstract

Ramos JF, Webster TJ. Int J Nanomedicine. 2012;7:3907–3914. The Editor and Publisher of International Journal of Nanomedicine wish to issue an Expression of Concern for the published article. Concerns were raised regarding the alleged duplication of the image shown in Figure 2 with the image shown in Figure 2 in the article Tran et al, 2009 (https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.32631). The International Journal of Nanomedicine would like to alert readers of this while we continue with our investigation. The authors have been contacted and were informed of these concerns. Read the original article

Keywords

• selenium
• nanoparticle
• cytotoxicity
• fibroblast
• ventilator associated pneumonia