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Expression of Concern

Expression of Concern: Signatures of tumor microenvironment-related genes and long noncoding RNAs predict poor prognosis in osteosarcoma

  • The PLOS One Editors

After this article [1] was published, the following concerns were noted:

  • The articles cited as References 53 and 64 were retracted before [1] was published.
  • The article cited as Reference 29 was retracted after [1] was published.

In addition, the PLOS One Editors have concerns about the article’s peer review. The Editors do not have concerns regarding the authors’ conduct during the peer review process.

The third author stated that the three retracted articles cited in [1] were cited for general background introduction.

In light of the cumulative issues, the PLOS One Editors issue this Expression of Concern. Readers are advised to interpret the article [1] with caution.

Reference

  1. 1. Lu Y, Zhou L, Yang Z. Signatures of tumor microenvironment-related genes and long noncoding RNAs predict poor prognosis in osteosarcoma. PLoS One. 2025;20(7):e0326876. pmid:40668798

Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Expression of Concern: Signatures of tumor microenvironment-related genes and long noncoding RNAs predict poor prognosis in osteosarcoma. PLoS One 21(7): e0354638. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0354638

Published: July 27, 2026

Copyright: © 2026 The PLOS One Editors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.