We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:
Yan Zhang, Zhen Li & Zhi Lan (2020) Silencing UNC5B antisense lncRNA 1 represses growth and metastasis of human Colon cancer cells via raising miR-622. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 48(1), 60–67, DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2019.1699809
Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors have been unable to verify their original data or answer our questions about research ethics and the informed consent process. We also have concerns regarding the integrity of the authorship, as one of the co-authors has stated they did not consent to being listed as an author. We are therefore retracting this article and all authors listed in this publication have been informed.
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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.