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Retraction: Down-regulated LncR-MALAT1 suppressed cell proliferation and migration by inactivating autophagy in bladder cancer
Jiude Qia,
Yanfeng Chub,
Guangyan Zhangc,
Hongjun Lid,
Dongdong Yange and
Qi Wang*f
aDepartment of Oncology, People’s Hospital of Laiwu, Shandong 271100, China
bDepartment of Laboratory, Yantaishan Hospital, Shandong 264000, China
cDepartment of Laboratory, People’s Hospital of Zhangqiu District, Shandong 250200, China
dDepartment of EGG Laboratory, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Zhangqiu Dirtrict, Shandong 250200, China
eDepartment of Nursing, People’s Hospital of Zhangqiu District, Shandong 250000, China
fDepartment of Urology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, No. 5 Donghai Middle Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 266001, China. E-mail: wangqisdqd@163.com; Tel: +86-0523-82789159
First published on 30th September 2022
Abstract
Retraction of ‘Down-regulated LncR-MALAT1 suppressed cell proliferation and migration by inactivating autophagy in bladder cancer’ by Jiude Qi et al., RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 31019–31027, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA04876B.
The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this RSC Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data.
In Fig. 2D, the ‘HT-1376/Control group’, ‘HT1376/MALAT1 scramble’, ‘253J/Control group’ and ‘253J/MALAT1 scramble’ panels all contain the same duplicated section, which shows that all 4 images come from the same image.
There are unexpected similarities within the background of the GAPDH panel in Fig. 2F, indicating that the bands may have been placed onto a false background.
The authors were asked to provide the raw data for this article, but did not respond. Given the significance of the concerns about the validity of the data, and the lack of raw data, the findings presented in this article are not reliable.
The authors were informed but have not responded to any correspondence regarding the retraction.
Signed: Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances
Date: 18th August 2022
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