Retraction: AMB Expr (2020) 10:156 10.1186/s13568-020-01094-4
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding image overlap within the article, as well as with previously published articles by other authors. Specifically:
The wound healing images in Fig. 3 representing U118 si-NC and si-LINC00525 groups at 0h appear to overlap.
The cell images in Fig. 4 appear highly similar to those in Figs. 3B and 5C in [1] and in Figs. 2F, 2G, 4G and 4H in [2].
The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the presented data.
Author Minjun Wei has stated on behalf of all co-authors that they agree to this retraction.
Footnotes
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding image overlap within the article, as well as with previously published articles by other authors. Specifically:
• The wound healing images in Fig. 3 representing U118 si-NC and si-LINC00525 groups at 0h appear to overlap.
• The cell images in Fig. 4 appear highly similar to those in Figs. 3B and 5C in [1] and in Figs. 2F, 2G, 4G and 4H in [2].
The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the presented data.
Author Minjun Wei has stated on behalf of all co-authors that they agree to this retraction.
The online version of the original article can be found at 10.1186/s13568-020-01094-4.
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Yilv Wan and Feng Liang contributed equally to this work
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