TUG1 alleviates hypoxia injury by targeting miR-124 in H9c2 cells
Authors: Nianxin Jiang
Yinghui Xu
Jingwen Xia
Yansong Li
Bing Jiang
Journal: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (2018)
Discipline: PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
Keywords: Hypoxia; Myocardial infarction; Sp1/survivin signaling pathway; TUG1; miR-124.
Affiliations: Department of Cardiology, Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China., Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Songjiang District Center Hospital, No.746, Zhongshan Middle Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201600, China., Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Songjiang District Center Hospital, No.746, Zhongshan Middle Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201600, China. Electronic address: .

Abstract:  This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Given the comments of Dr Elisabeth Bik regarding this article “This paper belongs to a set of over 400 papers (as per February 2020) that share very similar Western blots with tadpole-like shaped bands, the same background pattern, and striking similarities in title structures, paper layout, bar graph design, and - in a subset - flow cytometry panels”, the journal requested the authors to provide the raw data. However, the authors were not able to fulfil this request and therefore the Editor-in-Chief decided to retract the article. 

Retracted: Yes

PubPeer comments:
 This paper belongs to a set of over 400 papers (as per February 2020) that share very similar Western blots with tadpole-like shaped bands, the same background pattern, and striking similarities in title structures, paper layout, bar graph design, and - in a subset - flow cytometry panels. Despite these similarities, these papers are authored by researchers from different departments and institutes, with almost no overlap in authors. The list of these papers is available here: https: docs.google.com spreadsheets d 1KXqTAyl4j-jVorFPMD2XRpr76LcIKJ0CVyIvRj0exYQ edit?usp=sharing A more detailed description of this set of papers, suspected to all be generated by a common source, a paper mill , can be found here: * https: forbetterscience.com 2020 01 24 the-full-service-paper-mill-and-its-chinese-customers (January 2020) * https: scienceintegritydigest.com 2020 02 21 the-tadpole-paper-mill (February 2020) The same paper mill has been described in these papers: * Jana Christopher - Systematic fabrication of scientific images revealed - FEBS Letters (2018) - https: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com doi full 10.1002 1873-3468.13201 * Jennifer A Byrne and Jana Christopher - Digital magic, or the dark arts of the 21st centuryu2014how can journals and peer reviewers detect manuscripts and publications from paper mills? - FEBS Letters (2020) - https: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com doi full 10.1002 1873-3468.13747 , 
 Chinese bloggers  Medical Coffee Club [report as follows] (thx Google Translate): *On June 8, 2021, the official website of the Department of Science, Technology and Education of the National Health Commission released the u201cResults of Investigation and Handling of a Batch of Medical Scientific Research Integrity Casesu201d. These cases came from public notifications from some medical institutions, including 7 cases involving scientific research.* Case 3 is the present paper. *After investigation, the paper was mainly completed and submitted by Li Yansong, and was not obtained according to the standard procedures before submission. **All authors informed consent, involving improper attribution issues**.* The corresponding author has evidently been instructed to contact the journal about withdrawing the paper. , 
 Retracted [25 March 2022] . --------------------- This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Given the comments of Dr Elisabeth Bik regarding this article u201cThis paper belongs to a set of over 400 papers (as per February 2020) that share very similar Western blots with tadpole-like shaped bands, the same background pattern, and striking similarities in title structures, paper layout, bar graph design, and - in a subset - flow cytometry panelsu201d, the journal requested the authors to provide the raw data. However, the authors were not able to fulfil this request and therefore the Editor-in-Chief decided to retract the article. ,