Yu J, Sun S, Mao W, Xu B, Chen M. Onco Targets Ther. 2021;14:3833–3848.
We, the Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy are retracting the published article. Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article and it was found some of the images had been duplicated. Specifically,
Images from Figure 8G, Invasion and Migration, LNcap, si-NC, appear to have been duplicated.
When approached for an explanation, the authors were cooperative but were unable to adequately address the concerns raised and have not been able to provide sufficient supporting information from their study. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.