The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about peer review, authorship, and similarities across articles. Image similarities were noted between the GAPDH panel of Fig 4E in [1] and the GAPDH panel of Fig 4J in [2]. These concerns call into question the validity and provenance of the reported results. We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.
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Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2023) Retraction: Long non-coding RNA FTH1P3 facilitates uveal melanoma cell growth and invasion through miR-224-5p. PLoS ONE 18(3): e0282986. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282986
Published: March 29, 2023
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