Retraction to: Cancer Gene Ther https://doi.org/10.1038/cgt.2015.27, published online 10 July 2015
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article because it shows significant overlap with a number of previously published articles by different authors [1, 2] and articles by different authors that were simultaneously under consideration [3, 4]. There are also concerns with a number of figures, specifically:
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Figure 1B: these two mice appear to be identical to the two mice in Figure 1B of [1];
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Figure 1D: the two panels appear to be identical to Figures 5A and 5B of [1];
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Figure 1E: The two panels appear to be identical to Figures 5C and 5E of [1];
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Figure 2C appears to be identical to Figures 2C and 2B of [1];
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Figure 2D: multiple bands appear to be identical to the bands in Figure 2D of [1];
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Figure 2F: the western blots appear to be identical to Figure 2B of [1];
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Figure 2G: multiple bands appear to be identical to the bands in Figure 2C of [1];
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Figure 3a appears to be identical to Figure 5 of [2];
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Figure 3b appears to be identical to Figure 4A of [2];
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Figure 3d appears to be identical to Figure 4C or [2];
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Figure 4 appears to be identical to Figure 3 of [2].
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Figure 5B: the tumors appear to be identical to tumors appearing in Figure 7B of [1];
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Figure 5C appears to be identical to the upper row and bottom row of figures in Figure 5D of [1];
Additionally, the article states that this study was approved was by the Animal Care Committee of Xinxiang Medical University, but none of the authors are affiliated with that institution. The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the reliability of the article.
The authors have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.
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Tian, K., Di, R. & Wang, L. Retraction Note: MicroRNA-23a enhances migration and invasion through PTEN in osteosarcoma. Cancer Gene Ther 28, 1228 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41417-021-00363-z
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