<b> <i>Retracted:</i> </b> Long Noncoding RNA <i>HOTAIR</i> Contributes to Progression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Sponging <i>miR-217-5p</i>
Ximing Gong, Zhenya Zhu
Abstract
Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals officially retracts the paper entitled, “Long Noncoding RNA HOTAIR Contributes to Progression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Sponging miR-217-5p,” by Ximing Gong and Zhenya Zhu (Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2020;35(5):387–396; doi: 10.1089/cbr.2019.3070) due to the discovery that the paper was submitted from a paper mill, which is a violation of the journal's standard protocols. The Editor and Publisher of Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals are committed to preserving the scientific literature and the community it serves and does not tolerate any violations of scientific misconduct.
Topics & Concepts
HOTAIRCancer researchCell growthTransfectionGene knockdownFlow cytometryOncogeneBiologyCell cultureLong non-coding RNACellMolecular biologyDownregulation and upregulationCell cycleBiochemistryGeneticsGeneCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCircular RNAs in diseasesRNA Research and Splicing