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RETRACTED ARTICLE: miR-497 inhibited proliferation, migration and invasion of thyroid papillary carcinoma cells by negatively regulating YAP1 expression
Authors Cheng H, Dong H, Feng J, Tian H, Zhang H, Xu L
Received 29 January 2018
Accepted for publication 1 June 2018
Published 10 August 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 4711—4721
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S164052
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 3
Editor who approved publication: Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Pietersz
This paper has been retracted.
Cheng H, Dong H, Feng J, Tian H, Zhang H, Xu L. Onco Targets Ther. 2018;11:4711–4721.
At the authors request, the Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised to the authors regarding the duplication of cell migration and invasion images in Figures 4 and 7. Specifically,
- Figure 4C, miR-497 inhibitors, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 7D, Blank.
- Figure 4C, miR-497 inhibitors and Figure 7D, Blank, both appear to have been duplicated with Figure 7D, miR-497 inhibitors, which has been flipped.
The authors were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the duplicated images, nor were they able to provide adequate original data that would verify the validity of the findings. The Editor agreed with the authors request to retract the article.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.
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