Retraction Note: Oncogene (2004) 23:8486–8496 https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1207879
The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article.
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In figure 1A, Mock/EV and pC appear to overlap when flipped, and SV and pU appear to overlap when flipped
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The actin band in figure 1A appears to contain multiple blots in figure 2A in [1]
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In figure 1C, the “SV”, “pC”, and “pU” in the Actin band appear to overlap
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In figure 3E, Images in the EV and Mock columns (24h and 48h) are mirror-images of those reported in Fig 3C of [1]
The Editors have lost confidence in the data and conclusions of this article.
The publisher has been unable to obtain a current email address for authors Sajani S Lakka, Meena Gujrati and Jasti S Rao. All other authors did not respond to correspondence from the publisher regarding this retraction.
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Lakka SS, Gondi CS, Yanamandra N, Olivero WC, Dinh DH, Gujrati M, et al. Inhibition of cathepsin B and MMP-9 gene expression in glioblastoma cell line via RNA interference reduces tumor cell invasion, tumor growth and angiogenesis. Oncogene. 2004;23:4681–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1207616
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Gondi, C.S., Lakka, S.S., Dinh, D.H. et al. Retraction Note to: RNAi-mediated inhibition of cathepsin B and uPAR leads to decreased cell invasion, angiogenesis and tumor growth in gliomas. Oncogene 44, 1548 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-025-03403-2
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