Retraction Note: J Exp Clin Cancer Res 39, 186 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-020-01697-6
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article at the authors' request. After publication, concerns were raised regarding the published images. Specifically:
Fig. 4C appears to contain image overlap between different treatment groups and cell lines.
Fig. 4F appears to contain overlapping areas with two articles on unrelated circRNAs that were under consideration within a similar time frame [1, 2].
Figs. 6G and 7G appear to contain image overlap between different treatment groups and cell lines.
The authors have stated that the microscopy images in Fig. 4F were provided by a third party.
Due to the number of concerns with the images, the Editor-in-Chief and the authors no longer have confidence in the presented data.
All authors agree to this retraction.
Footnotes
Mingming Jin, Shengjie Lu and Yue Wu contributed equally to this work.
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