Retraction note to: Molecular Cancer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-017-0752-2
The authors have retracted this article [1] because there are errors in Figures 4a and 4b. In these figures a number of cell field views are replicated between experimental groups:
In Figure 4b the Scc-9/Mock panel replicates the Scc-9/shR-NC panel in Figure 4a
In Figure 4b the CAL-27/Mock panel replicates the CAL-27/Mock panel in Figure 4a
In Figure 4b the CAL-27/sHR-Nc panel replicates the CAL-27/sHR-Nc panel in Figure 4a
In Figure 4b the CAL-27/shR-AFAP1-AS1 panel replicates the CAL-27/shR-AFAP1-AS1 panel in Figure 4a
The conclusions of this study are therefore not reliable. Zhaojian Gong, Hanjiang Wu, Shanshan Zhang, and Shuai Zhang agree with this retraction. Ze-you Wang, Min Hu, Min-hui Dai, and Jing Xiong agree with the retraction but did not respond to further correspondence about the retraction notice.
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Wang Z-y, Min H, Dai M-h, Xiong J, Zhang S, Han-jiang W, Zhang S-s, Gong Z-j. Upregulation of the long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 affects the proliferation, invasion and survival of tongue squamous cell carcinoma via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Mol Cancer. 2018;17:3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-017-0752-2.
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Wang, Zy., Hu, M., Dai, Mh. et al. Retraction Note: Upregulation of the long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 affects the proliferation, invasion and survival of tongue squamous cell carcinoma via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Mol Cancer 18, 104 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-019-1026-y
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