The article ‘LncRNA MALAT1 Promotes Cancer Metastasis in Osteosarcoma via Activa- tion of the PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway’ [Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry (2018) 51 (3): 1313–1326. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495550] by Yong Chen, Wending Huang, Wei Sun, Biqiang Zheng, Chunmeng Wang, Zhiguo Luo, Jian Wang and Wangjun Yan has been re- tracted by the current and former Publishers and the Editor on behalf of the authors.
After publication of the article, concerns were raised regarding the figures of this article. Specifically, an internal duplication within parts of Figure 3 and Figure 7 of the article was found. When asked to comment on the above, the corresponding author stated that due to imprecise supervision during the figure formation and manuscript preparation, incorrect figure parts were placed in the manuscript, and requested retraction of the article. As the concerns raised about the figures cannot be addressed, the article has been retracted.