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RETRACTED ARTICLE: MicroRNA 628 suppresses migration and invasion of breast cancer stem cells through targeting SOS1
Authors Lin C, Gao B, Yan X, Lei Z, Chen K, Li Y, Zeng Q, Chen Z, Li H
Received 4 February 2018
Accepted for publication 30 May 2018
Published 4 September 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 5419—5428
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S164575
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 2
Editor who approved publication: Dr Jianmin Xu
This paper has been retracted.
Lin C, Gao B, Yan X, et al. Onco Targets Ther. 2018;11:5419–5428.
The Editor and Publisher of Onco Targets and Therapy are retracting the published article. Concerns were raised following the authors request to correct an error in Figure 6. It was found that images in Figure 3D and 6C had been duplicated. Specifically,
- The image for Figure 3D, MCF-7, miR-628 has been duplicated with the image from Figure 6C, MCF-7, miR-628+pcDNA.
- The image for Figure 6C, MCF-7, miR-628+pcDNA has been duplicated with the image from Figure 6C, MCF-7, miR-628+pcDNA-SOS1.
The authors responded to our follow up queries but were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the duplicated images. Additionally, the authors explained they could only provide partial data for their study due to the elapsed time since study completion. As the findings could not be verified the Editor and Publisher made the decision to retract the article and the authors agreed with this.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.
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