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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 2D and 3D with similar images from an unrelated article, specifically:
Figure 2D, panels pcDNA3.1 and pHAND2-AS1 appear to have been duplicated with similar images in Figure 5C from Kang et al, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S204004).
Figure 3D, panels si-NC and si-HAND2-AS1 appear to have been duplicated with similar images in Figure 5C from Kang et al, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S204004).
The authors did not respond to our queries and the Editor determined the findings of the study were no longer valid and advised for the article to be retracted.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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.