Ma Y, Chen Z, Yu G. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:9197–9209. https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S268871

We, the Publisher of the journal Cancer Management and Research, have retracted the published article.

Since publication, concerns were identified regarding the image integrity of Western Blot Figures 1D, 2F, 4E, 6E, 7F, 8B, 8C; the RT-qPCR methodology described in the article, and Figure 7E which appears to depict a cell invasion assay, which is published in another study examining a different treatment:

Liu H, Wang F, Zhang Y, Xing Y, Wang Q. Exosomal microRNA-139-5p from mesenchymal stem cells accelerates trophoblast cell invasion and migration by motivation of the ERK/MMP-2 pathway via downregulation of protein tyrosine phosphatase. J. Obstet. Gynaecol. Res. 2020;46:2561-2572. https://doi.org/10.1111/jog.14495

When approached for an explanation, the authors did not respond to any of the requests for an explanation to the queries raised.

As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.