LncRNA LINC01140 Inhibits Glioma Cell Migration and Invasion via Modulation of miR-199a-3p/ZHX1 Axis [Retraction]

Xin Y, Zhang W, Mao C, et al. Onco Targets Ther. 2020;13:1833–1844.

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 with images from unrelated articles. Specifically,

• The images for Figure 4B and 4D have been duplicated with images for Figures 1C, 2E and 6D from Li C, Zhang Y, Tang Y, Xiao J, Gao F, Ouyang Y, Cheng X. LncRNA CRNDE modulates cardiac progenitor cells’ proliferation and migration via the miR-181a/LYRM1 axis in hypoxia. J Thorac Dis. 2020;12(5):2614-2624. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2020.03.22.

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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.