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The Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised over alleged image duplication in Figures 4B and 6C with similar images from unrelated articles, specifically:
Figure 4B panel Eca109 miR-411 mimics and Figure 6C panel TE-1 miR-411 mimics+pcDNA3.1, appear to have been duplicated with similar images in Figure 2C from Wang et al, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S234144) and Figure 2C from Qin et al, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.3727/096504020X15928179818438).
The authors responded to our 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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.