OR Oncology Reports 1021-335X 1791-2431 D.A. Spandidos 10.3892/or.2024.8717 OR-51-4-08717 Retraction [Retracted] Downregulation of microRNA-206 suppresses clear cell renal carcinoma proliferation and invasion by targeting vascular endothelial growth factor A CaiYi LiHanzhong ZhangYushi 04 2024 26 02 2024 51 4 58 Copyright: © 2024 Cai et al. 2024 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.

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Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that there appeared to be several instances of overlapping data panels comparing between the Transwell invasion and migration assay images shown in Figs. 2E and 4G, such that data which were intended to show the results from differently performed experiments were apparently derived from a (much) smaller number of original sources.

Given the number of cases of overlapping data panels both within and between this pair of figures in the article itself, the Editor of Oncology Reports has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal on the basis of a lack of confidence in the presented data. 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.