OncoTargets and Therapy (May 2022)
Silencing circZFR Inhibits the Proliferation, Migration and Invasion of Human Renal Carcinoma Cells by Regulating miR-206 [Retraction]
Abstract
Wang M, Gao Y, Liu J. Onco Targets Ther. 2019;12:7537–7550. The Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised regarding similarities of the western blot images within the article to those found in other articles. Further analysis found that several regions within the western blot images appeared to have been duplicated. In addition, several regions within the western blot images appeared to have been duplicated with those from other articles, which included: Qian et al. Salidroside alleviates high-glucose-induced injury in retinal pigment epithelial cell line ARPE-19 by down-regulation of miR-138, RNA Biology 16:10 1461–1470 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2019.1637696) RETRACTED Zhang et al. Silencing UNC5B antisense lncRNA 1 represses growth and metastasis of human Colon cancer cells via raising miR-622, Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology 48:1 60–67 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1080/21691401.2019.1699809) RETRACTED The authors responded to our initial queries but were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the similarities nor were they able to provide adequate original western blot data or verify the findings as reported. The Editor requested for the article to be retracted and the authors were notified of this. 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 The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.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
