Retraction: Long noncoding RNA TUG1 is a diagnostic factor in lung adenocarcinoma and suppresses apoptosis via epigenetic silencing of BAX

Huan Liu¹, Guizhi Zhou¹, Xin Fu¹, Haiyan Cui¹, Guangrui Pu¹, Yao Xiao¹, Wei Sun¹, Xinhua Dong¹, Libin Zhang¹, Sijia Cao¹, Guiqin Li¹, Xiaowei Wu¹ and Xu Yang¹

¹Health Physical Examination Department of The Third Department, The First Affiliated hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China

Published: February 05, 2024

This article has been retracted: This article contains duplicated images found in previously published papers. Specifically, Figures 4F and 5C contain images from Figure 5C and 4E of paper [1] and Figure 5C from Figure 6B of paper [2]. Therefore, with the agreement of all authors, Oncotarget has decided to retract this paper.

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Original article: Oncotarget. 2017; 8:101899–101910. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.22058