At the request of the journal Executive Editor the following article has been retracted.
Su C, Shi K, Cheng X, et al. Long Noncoding RNA LINC00472 Inhibits Proliferation and Promotes Apoptosis of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells via Regulating miR-24-3p/DEDD. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. January 2018. doi:10.1177/1533033818790490
The Executive Editor became aware of several potential image duplication and manipulation issues raised by a reader and also noted on PubPeer. Specifically:
Figure 3C pCDNA3.1+miR-24-3p mimics wells appear to be duplicated. The bottom image appears to have an addition of cells in the center of the image.
Figure 4A H1299 Mock FACS plot appears similar to Figure 4A H460 Mock FACS plot and Figure 4A H1299 pCDNA3.1+NC FACS plot
Figure 4A H460 pCDNA3.1+NC FACS plot appears similar to Figure 6A H1299 Mock FACS plot and Figure 6A H1299 pCDNA3.1 FACS plot
The authors did not provide a sufficient response and did not respond to journal requests for underlying data to resolve the concerns. As a result, the scientific accuracy of this paper is not reliable.
Adhering to the international guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics, the Journal has determined these are grounds for retraction.
The authors did not respond or could not be reached.