Oncol Rep 43: [Related article:] 121–132, 2020; DOI:
10.3892/or.2019.7396
Following the publication of this paper, it was
drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that certain
of the immunohistochemical data shown in Fig. 5C were strikingly
similar to data appearing in different form in another article
written by different authors at different research institutes that
had already been submitted for publication elsewhere prior to the
submission of this paper to Oncology Reports [Wu X, Cai D,
Zhang F, Li M and Wan Q: Long noncoding RNA TUSC7 inhibits cell
proliferation, migration and invasion by regulating SOCS4 (SOCS5)
expression through targeting miR-616 in endometrial carcinoma. Life
Sci 231: 116549, 2019]. In addition, the CACNA203 western blot data
shown in Fig. 2A-c and B-C respectively looked strikingly similar,
even though different experiments were intended to have been shown
in these figure parts. In view of the fact that the contentious
data had already apparently been submitted for publication prior to
the receipt of this paper at Oncology Reports, and owing to
a overall lack of confidence in the presentation of the data, the
Editor of has decided that this paper should be retracted from the
Journal. The authors were asked for an explanation to account for
these concerns, but the Editorial Office did not receive a reply.
The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience
caused.
