Long Non-Coding RNA LINC00491 Contributes to the Malignancy of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer via Competitively Binding to microRNA-324-5p and Thereby Increasing Specificity Protein 1 Expression [Retraction]

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Long Non-Coding RNA LINC00491 Contributes to the Malignancy of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer via Competitively Binding to microRNA-324-5p and Thereby Increasing Specificity Protein 1 Expression

Zhang X, Zhao X, Wang Y, Xing L. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:6779–6793.

The Editor and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised over alleged image duplication in Figures 3C and 6C with similar images from unrelated articles, specifically:

• Figure 3C, panel SK-MES-1 miR-324-5p mimic appears to have been duplicated with a similar image in Figure 4C from Han et al, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102628).

• Figure 6C, panel H522 si-LINC00491+pcDNA3.1 appears to have been duplicated with similar images in Figure 4C and 6C from Han et al, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102628).

The authors responded to our initial queries but were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the alleged duplication and could not provide satisfactory original data for their study. The Editor 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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.