Retraction Notice to: Long Noncoding RNA LINC00673 Is Activated by SP1 and Exerts Oncogenic Properties by Interacting with LSD1 and EZH2 in Gastric Cancer

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(Molecular Therapy 25, 1014–1026; April 2017)

This article has been retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief.

Concerns regarding potential image duplication and recycling were posted to Pubpeer (https://pubpeer.com/publications/20F5A56107C05565EBF18B4553B892). Corresponding author Ming Sun contacted the editorial office with a request to correct Figures 4B, 4D, and 7D. Image analysis performed by the editorial office confirmed findings of image duplication within Figures 4B, 4D, 7D, and S1C. Evidence of image recycling was also found between images in Figures 3F, 4D, 7D, S1C, and S2B of this article and articles in Cancer Research (Sun et al., 2016, Cancer Res. 76, 6299–6310, https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-0356), Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine by different authors (Zhu et al., 2017, J. Cell. Mol. Med. 21, 2184–2198, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.13142), Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (Xu et al., 2018, J. Exp. Clin. Cancer Res. 37, 13, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-018-0684-8), Journal of Hematology & Oncology (Qi et al., 2017, J. Hematol. Oncol. 10, 48, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-017-0420-4), Molecular Cancer (Chen et al., 2017, Mol. Cancer 16, 17, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-017-0581-3), and Oncotarget (Nie et al., 2017, Oncotarget 8, 38227–38238, https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.9611).

This reuse of data without appropriate attribution represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. Authors Jiakai Hou and Ming Sun agreed to the retraction. The original notice of retraction was undeliverable to Yunfei Wang.