Abstract
The following article has been retracted at the request of the Editor and Publisher:
Zou W, Cheng J. MiR-887 Promotes the Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via Targeting VHL. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Jan-Dec; 19:1533033820940425. doi: 10.1177/1533033820940425. PMID: 32912113; PMCID: PMC7488922.
Sage was contacted by a reader with concerns about potential image duplication to other publications. Sage was also alerted to a conversation on PubPeer discussing the article.
Concerns were raised about the following figures in the article:
Figure 3 Panel D appears highly similar to Figure 3 Panel B1 Figure 4 Panel D appears highly similar to Figure 6 Panel C2
The authors were contacted and given multiple opportunities to respond too; however, no response was received. Due to the unresolved concerns about image integrity, that call into question the validity of the findings, the Journal Editor and Sage retract the article.
The authors did not respond when notified of the retraction.