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RETRACTED ARTICLE: miR-495 inhibits proliferation, migration, and invasion and induces apoptosis via inhibiting PBX3 in melanoma cells
Received 22 September 2017
Accepted for publication 31 December 2017
Published 5 April 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 1909—1920
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S152362
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Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 2
Editor who approved publication: Dr Jianmin Xu
This paper has been retracted.
Chen G, Xie Y. Onco Targets Ther. 2018;11:1909–1920. https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S152362
We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal, OncoTargets and Therapy, have retracted the published article.
After publication, concerns have been raised by a third party in 2025 about the integrity of the data in Figure 2 of the article.
Further investigation conducted by the Journal and Publisher confirmed unusual similarities present in the image panels representative of different treatment conditions in Figure 2D.
When approached for an explanation, the authors did not respond to the queries raised by the Journal and Publisher.
As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.
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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.
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