RETRACTED ARTICLE: MiR-625 Inhibits Tumor Cell Invasion, Migration and EMT by Negatively Regulating the Expression of Resistin in Non-Small Cell Lung

This paper has been retracted.

Zhao Y, Zheng R, Ning D, Xie F. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:4171–4180.

We, the Editors and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research, have retracted the following article.

Following publication of the article, concerns were raised about the duplication of images from Figures 1 and 3 with images from other unrelated articles. Specifically,

• The images for Figure 1F have been duplicated with images for Figure 1C and 1D from Fang C, Jiang B, Shi X, Fan C. Hes3 Enhances the Malignant Phenotype of Lung Cancer through Upregulating Cyclin D1, Cyclin D3 and MMP7 Expression. International Journal of Medical Sciences. 2019;16(3):470-476. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.28139.
• Images for Figure 3C, A459 and 3G, H226 have been duplicated with images for Figures 2h and 2i, and 5a and 5b from Zhang X, Liu L, Deng X, et al. MicroRNA 483-3p targets Pard3 to potentiate TGF-β1-induced cell migration, invasion, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in anaplastic thyroid cancer cells. Oncogene. 2019;38:699–715. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-018-0447-1.
• Images for Figure 3D, A549 and 3H, H226 have been duplicated with images for Figure 9A, CNE2 and 9B, 5-8F from Liang TS, Zheng YJ, Wang J, et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: MicroRNA-506 inhibits tumor growth and metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma through the inactivation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by down-regulating LHX2. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2019;38:97. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-019-1023-4.

When approached for an explanation, the authors were cooperative but were unable to provide a sufficient explanation for the image duplication or provide original data for their study. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article and the authors have agreed with this decision.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and COPE guidelines.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.