Cancer Management and Research (Aug 2023)
Long Intergenic Non-Coding RNA LINC00885 Promotes Tumorigenesis of Cervical Cancer by Upregulating MACC1 Expression Through Serving as a Competitive Endogenous RNA for microRNA-432-5p [Retraction]
Abstract
Chen H, Chi Y, Chen M, Zhao L. Cancer Manag Res. 2021;13:1435–1447. We, the Editors and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research, have retracted the published article. Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. This includes the duplication of images within the article with those from other articles. Specifically, The image for Figure 1I, CaSki, si-NC has been duplicated with the images from Figure 5J, Caov-3, si-LIN01224+miR-485-5p inhibitor from Xing S, Zhang Y, Zhang J. LINC01224 Exhibits Cancer-Promoting Activity in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Through microRNA-485-5p-Mediated PAK4 Upregulation. Onco Targets Ther. 2020;13:5643–5655. https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S254662 [Retracted] and Figure 6E, HCT116, si-NC from Luo X, Yue M, Li C, Sun D, Wang L. Long Non-Coding RNA LINC00239 Functions as a Competitive Endogenous RNA by Sponging microRNA-484 and Enhancing KLF12 Expression to Promote the Oncogenicity of Colorectal Cancer. Onco Targets Ther. 2020;13:12067—12081. https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S278582 [Retracted] The image for Figure 6D, Invasion, SiHa, si-LINC00885+pcDNA3.1 has been duplicated with the image from Figure 2D, Caov-3, si-LINC01224#2, from Xing S, et al, 2020. When approached for an explanation, the authors did not respond to our queries, nor did they provide original data for their study. As verifying the validity of the published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article and the authors were notified of this. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.
