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RETRACTION article

Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 13 June 2025

Sec. Epigenomics and Epigenetics

Volume 13 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2025.1640193

Retraction: Circular RNA circ-0016068 promotes the growth, migration, and invasion of prostate cancer cells by regulating the miR-330-3p/BMI-1 axis as a competing endogenous RNA

This article is a retraction of:

  1. RETRACTED: Circular RNA circ-0016068 Promotes the Growth, Migration, and Invasion of Prostate Cancer Cells by Regulating the miR-330-3p/BMI-1 Axis as a Competing Endogenous RNA

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A Retraction of the Original Research Article
Circular RNA circ-0016068 promotes the growth, migration, and invasion of prostate cancer cells by regulating the miR-330-3p/BMI-1 axis as a competing endogenous RNA

by Li Q, Wang W, Zhang M, Sun W, Shi W and Li F (2020). Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 8:827. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00827

The journal retracts the 26 August 2020 article cited above.

Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the integrity of the images in the published figures. The authors and their institution have remained unresponsive to multiple requests for the raw data for this study. Given extant concerns over the validity of the study, the article has been retracted.

This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.

Citation: Frontiers Editorial Office (2025) Retraction: Circular RNA circ-0016068 promotes the growth, migration, and invasion of prostate cancer cells by regulating the miR-330-3p/BMI-1 axis as a competing endogenous RNA. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 13:1640193. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1640193

Received: 03 June 2025; Accepted: 03 June 2025;
Published: 13 June 2025.

Approved by:

Michael E. Symonds, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

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