Retraction: Inhibition of Mircorna-766-5p Attenuates the Development of Cervical Cancer Through Regulating SCAI

At the request of Sage and the Journal Editor, the following article has been retracted:

Cai Y, Zhang K, Cao L, Sun H, Wang H. Inhibition of Mircorna-766-5p Attenuates the Development of Cervical Cancer Through Regulating SCAI. Technol. Cancer Res Treat. 2020;19. doi: 10.1177/1533033820980081

Sage was made aware of concerns raised on PubPeer regarding the following figures in the article:

Figure 2D (Inhibitor+si-NC, DAPI) appears highly similar to Figure 5A (si-NEAT1, DAPI) in another publication¹

Figure 6A (CaSki, 0h, miR-766-5p inhibitor) appears highly similar to Figure 4C (CaSki, 0h, miR-128 mimics+6Gy) in another publication²

Figure 3C (SiHa, inhibitor NC) appears highly similar to Figure 2D (MGC803, Blank) in another publication³

Figure 3C (SiHa, miR-766-5p inhibitor) appears highly similar to Figure 2D (AGS, si-HCG18) in another publication³

Figure 3C (SiHa, inhibitor NC) appears highly similar to Figure 2D (HCT116, LV-MALAT1) in another publication⁴

Figure 3C (SiHa, miR-766-5p inhibitor) appears highly similar to Figure 2D (HT29, Blank) in another publication⁴

Figure 3C (CaSki, inhibitor NC) appears highly similar to Figure 5C (PI, si-SFRP4+NC-inhibitor) in another publication⁵

Additionally, during an internal investigation, Sage became aware of potential third-party involvement in this article.

The authors did not respond to requests for comments on these similarities.

Due to unresolved concerns about image integrity that call into question the validity of the findings, this article has been retracted.

The authors did not respond to the decision to retract.

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