RETRACTED ARTICLE: LncRNA NORAD Promotes Proliferation And Inhibits Apoptosis Of Gastric Cancer By Regulating miR-214/Akt/mTOR Axis

This paper has been retracted.

Tao W, Li Y, Zhu M, Li C, Li P. Onco Targets Ther. 2019;12:8841–8851.

We, the Editor and Publisher of the journal OncoTargets and Therapy have retracted the published article.

Following publication of the article, concerns were raised about the duplication of images from Figures 4 and 5 with images from an unrelated article. Specifically,

• The images for Figure 4D, BGC803 and BGC823, Ctrl, have been duplicated with images for Figure 4A, miR-519a mimics NC, 0Gy and Figure 4G, miR-519a mimics+OE-EphA2, 2Gy, respectively, from Gong S, Li Y, Lv L, et al. Restored microRNA-519a enhances the radiosensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer via suppressing EphA2. Gene Ther. 2022;29:588–600. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-020-00213-x.
• The image for Figure 5D, BGC803, pcNORAD+miR-214, has been duplicated with the image for Figure 4G, si-EphA2, 0Gy from Gong S, et al (2022).

The corresponding author did not respond to our queries and was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for how the images came to be duplicated or provide satisfactory original data for the study. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, the Publisher and Editor requested to retract the article and the corresponding author was notified of this.

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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.