Retraction Notice to: MTTL3 upregulates microRNA-1246 to promote occurrence and progression of NSCLC via targeting paternally expressed gene 3

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(Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids 24, 542–553; June 2021)

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. In a PubPeer thread (https://pubpeer.com/publications/8031651DAFBDB359BE80270D26B91C), readers drew attention to similarities between the western blots and figure layout in this article and articles by unrelated authors as well as irregularities in the tumor images. Image analysis performed by the journal's editorial office revealed evidence of image duplication in Figure 8D and image manipulation in Figures 2I, 5D, and 8D. This reuse (and in part misrepresentation) of data without appropriate attribution represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. The authors did not respond when contacted about the retraction.