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RETRACTION: Long Noncoding RNA AFAP1-AS1 Promotes Cell Proliferation and Metastasis via the miR-155-5p/FGF7 Axis and Predicts Poor Prognosis in Gastric Cancer
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TopicsCancer-related molecular mechanisms research · RNA modifications and cancer · Circular RNAs in diseases
RETRACTION: H-W. Ma, D-Y. Xi, J-Z. Ma, M. Guo, L. Ma, D-H. Ma, P-W. Li, and C-A. Guo. “Long Noncoding RNA AFAP1-AS1 Promotes Cell Proliferation and Metastasis via the miR-155-5p/FGF7 Axis and Predicts Poor Prognosis in Gastric Cancer” Disease Markers, no. 2020 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8140989
The above article, published online on 21 January 2020 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the handling editor, Robert Pichler; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
The retraction has been agreed following communication received from the authors indicating that they consider the contents to be unreliable, in part due to an error in Figure 3A,B. Additional concerns were also raised on PubPeer [1] regarding similarities detected between the si-black results for different cell types in Figure 2E. As such, we no longer have confidence in the integrity of the results presented.
The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
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- 1Phyllosticta Caprifolii Long Noncoding RNA AFAP 1-AS 1 Promotes Cell Proliferation and Metastasis via the mi R-155-5p/FGF 7 Axis and Predicts Poor Prognosis in Gastric Cancer 2021 Pub Peer, March https://pubpeer.com/publications/0FD 3CE 8D 499C 4A 7D 218F 9BB 5883 F 6A 10.1155/2020/8140989 PMC 699549932051698 · doi ↗ · pubmed ↗
