Knockdown of Fibrous Sheath Interacting Protein 1 Expression Reduces Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma Cell Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis via Inhibition of the PI3K/AKT Pathway [Retraction]

Abstract

Sun M, Chen Z, Tan S, Liu C, Zhao W. Onco Targets Ther. 2018;11:1961–1971. The Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised regarding alleged image duplication in Figure 4C. Specifically: Figure 4C, panel BC has been duplicated with Figure 4C, panel NC with the image having been flipped and rotated. The authors responded to our queries but were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the alleged image duplication or adequate raw data for their study. The findings of the article were deemed invalid and the Editor requested for the article to be retracted. Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retraction. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”. This retraction relates to this paper

Keywords

• bladder urothelial carcinoma
• fsip1
• proliferation
• apoptosis
• tumorigenicity