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Long Noncoding RNA X-Inactive Specific Transcript Facilitates Cellular Functions in Melanoma via miR-139-5p/ROCK1 Pathway [Retraction]
Tian K, Sun D, Chen M, et al. Onco Targets Ther. 2020;13:1277–1287.
The Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised over alleged image duplication in Figure 6A with similar images from unrelated articles, specifically:
- Figure 6A appears to have been duplicated with a similar image in Figure 6B from Zheng et al, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S265775), Figure 5B from Mu et al, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103918) and Figure 6B from Zhao et al, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103275).
The authors did not respond to our queries and the Editor determined the findings of the study were no longer valid and advised for the article to be retracted.
Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retraction.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.
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