LINC00963 Promotes Ovarian Cancer Proliferation, Migration and EMT via the miR-378g/CHI3L1 Axis [Retraction]

Liu W, Yang YJ, An Q. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:463-473.

We, the Editors and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research, have retracted the following article.

Following publication of the article, concerns were raised about the duplication of images from Figures 2, 3 and 5 with images from other unrelated articles. Specifically,

• Images for Figure 2B, SKOV3, have been duplicated with images for Figure 2E from Wang F, Yang Q. Long Non-Coding RNA LINC01089 Enhances the Development of Gastric Cancer by Sponging miR-145-5p to Mediate SOX9 Expression. Onco Targets Ther. 2020;13:9213-9224. https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S249392; Figures 2F and 5D from Chen G, Zhang Z, Chen Y, Li Y. Long non‑coding RNA SNHG9 inhibits ovarian cancer progression by sponging microRNA‑214‑5p. Oncology Letters. 2021;21:80. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.12341 and Figure 7E from Du C, Zhang J, Wang Y, et al. The Long Non-coding RNA LINC01705 Regulates the Development of Breast Cancer by Sponging miR-186-5p to Mediate TPR Expression as a Competitive Endogenous RNA. Front. Genet. 2020;11:779. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00779.
• Images for Figure 3B, A2780 and SKOV3, have been duplicated with images for Figure 2C, H1299 and H460 cell lines, from Gu R, Shao K, Xu Q, Zhao X, Qiu H, Hu H. Circular RNA hsa_circ_0008003 facilitates tumorigenesis and development of non-small cell lung carcinoma via modulating miR-488/ZNF281 axis. J Cell Mol Med. 2022;26:1754–1765. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.15987.
• The image for Figure 3D, sh-NC and sh-LINC00963, has been duplicated with the image for Figure 8A, sh-NC and sh-LINC01705 from Du C, et al, 2020.
• Images for Figure 5D, SKOV3, have been duplicated with images for 2C, HeLa cell line, from Chen W, Xiong L, Yang L, et al. Long Non-Coding RNA LINC01783 Promotes the Progression of Cervical Cancer by Sponging miR-199b-5p to Mediate GBP1 Expression. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:363-37. https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S230171 (RETRACTED).

The authors responded to our queries but were unable to provide an explanation for the duplicated images or provide data for the study. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article and the authors agree with this decision.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and COPE guidelines.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.