Ding X, Du J, Mao K, Wang X, Ding Y, Wang F. Onco Targets Ther. 2019;12:3255–3265.
At the authors request, the Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. The authors advised the journal that concerns had been raised regarding the integrity of the data. The concerns related to the duplication of migration and invasion images in Figure 2. Specifically,
Figure 2D, HCT116, NC, has been duplicated with the same image for Figure 1E, TPC-1, miR-199a-5p, from Ma et al, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.051).
Figure 2D, HCT116, miR-143-3p, has been duplicated with the same image for Figure 3E, K1, si-SNAI1, from Ma et al, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.051).
Figure 2D, SW620, NC, has been duplicated with the same image for Figure 3E, TPC-1, si-SNAI1, from Ma et al, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.051).
Figure 2D, SW620, miR-143-3p, has been duplicated with the same image for Figure 1E, K1, miR-199a-5p, from Ma et al, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.051); Figure 4a, HGC-27, miR-193a mimic and Figure 6d, HGC-27, miR-193 mimic, from Pan et al, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2804478).
Despite the authors’ assistance, they were unable to explain how the images came to be duplicated, and, as the validity of the published work cannot be verified, we are therefore retracting the article.
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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.