Retraction to “LINC00240 Promotes Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation, Migration and EMT via the MiR-124-3p/DNMT3B Axis”

Abstract

Y. Li, J. Yan, Y. Wang, C. Wang, C. Zhang, and G. Li, “LINC00240 Promotes Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation, Migration and EMT via the MiR-124-3p/DNMT3B Axis,” Cell Biochemistry and Function 38, no. 8 (2020): 1079–1188, https://doi.org/10.1002/cbf.3551.

The above article, published online on 11 June 2020 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editors-in-Chief, Raphael Gaudin and Robert Heath; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. An investigation by the publisher revealed several flaws and inconsistencies between the results presented and the experimental methods described. Furthermore, the article reports major results in the cell lines BGC-823 and SGC-7901, reported as contaminated [1, 2]. Accordingly, the article is retracted as the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

References

[1] F. Ye, C. Chen, J. Qin, J. Liu, and C. Zheng, “Genetic Profiling Reveals an Alarming Rate of Cross-Contamination Among Human Cell Lines Used in China,” FASEB Journal 29, no. 10 (2015): 4268–4272, https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.14-266718.

[2] X. Bian, Z. Yang, H. Feng, H. Sun, and Y. Liu, “A Combination of Species Identification and STR Profiling Identifies Cross-Contaminated Cells From 482 Human Tumor Cell Lines,” Scientific Reports 7, no. 1 (2017): 9774, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09660-w.