At the request of the Executive Editor the following article has been retracted:
Jiang S, Liu X, Li D, et al. Study on attenuating angiogenesis and epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) by regulating MAGEC2. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. 2018;17. DOI:10.1177/1533033818797587
The Executive Editor became aware of potential image duplication and manipulation issues raised by comments on PubPeer. Specifically:
Figure 2F images from the Transwell assay appear to be highly similar to Figure 4F from following article:
Xue D, Lu H, Xu H-Y, Zhou C-X, He X-Z. Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 enhances the docetaxel resistance of prostate cancer cells via miR-145-5p-mediated regulation of AKAP12. J Cell Mol Med. 2018; 22: 3223-3237.
Retracted: Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 enhances the docetaxel resistance of prostate cancer cells via miR-145-5p-mediated regulation of AKAP12.
Upon further investigation, the submission appears to contain indicators of third-party involvement.
Due to concerns about the published images which brings into question the overall research findings, and due to concerns around third-party involvement in this article, the Executive Editor retracts this article.
The authors did not respond.