IJO International Journal of Oncology 1019-6439 1791-2423 D.A. Spandidos 10.3892/ijo.2026.5844 ijo-68-03-05844 Retraction [Retracted] uPAR and cathepsin B knockdown inhibits radiation-induced PKC integrated integrin signaling to the cytoskeleton of glioma-initiating cells AlapatiKiranmai GopinathSreelatha MallaRama Rao DasariVenkata Ramesh RaoJasti S. 03 2026 05 01 2026 68 3 31 Copyright: © 2026 Alapati et al. 2026 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, regarding the wound healing assay data shown in Fig. 2D, a pair of the data panels appeared to be overlapping, such that the data from the same original source had apparently been used to show the results of differently performed experiments. Furthermore, concerning the immunohistochemical data shown in Fig. 7A and C, similarly, two pairs of the data panels contained overlapping data, where the results of different experiments were intended to have been portrayed.

Owing to the duplications of data that were identified in this paper, the Editor of International Journal of Oncology has decided that it should be retracted from the Journal on account 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.