Retraction: Upregulated TRIM29 promotes proliferation and metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma via PTEN/AKT/mTOR signal pathway

Xiao-Min Zhou¹,²,^*, Rui Sun³,^*, Dong-Hua Luo³,^*, Jian Sun¹,², Mei-Yin Zhang¹,², Meng-He Wang¹,², Yang Yang¹,¹, Hui-Yun Wang¹,¹, Shi-Juan Mai¹,²

¹State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
²Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
³Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
^*These authors have contributed equally to this work

Published: May 20, 2026

This article has been retracted:Following an investigation into this paper, several instances of data irregularity were discovered, including:

- Figure 3A: The GAPDH western blot duplicates the GAPDH image in Figure 5C. Additionally, the TRIM29 blot was reused in Figure 6A as E-Cadherin (flipped and reversed).
- Figure 5C & 6B: The TRIM29 western blot in Figure 5C and the Vimentin panel in Figure 6B are duplicates.
- Figure 5D: Overlap was identified between the transwell assay invasion panels for Si#1 and Si#2.
- Figure 6A & 7A: The Vimentin western blot in Figure 6A and the TRIM29 blot in Figure 7A are duplicates.
- Figure 7A: The western blots for SK6 and AKT are duplicates.
- Figure 8A & 8B: The 6-10B/vector panel in Figure 8A overlaps with the 6-10B/TRIM29 panel in Figure 8B.

The authors did not respond to requests for comment or provide the original data. Consequently, the editorial decision has been made to retract this paper. Oncotarget has reached out to all authors to notify them of this retraction but has received no response.

Original article: Oncotarget. 2016; 7:13634-13650. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.7215.