Retraction to: LncRNA GAS5 inhibits proliferation and progression of prostate cancer by targeting miR-103 through AKT/mTOR signaling pathway

The Editor-in-Chief of Tumor Biology retracts the following publication:

Xue D, Zhou C, Lu H, et al. LncRNA GAS5 inhibits proliferation and progression of prostate cancer by targeting miR-103 through AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Tumor Biol. 2016;37:16187–97. doi: 10.1007/s13277-016-5429-8

The corresponding author contacted the Editor-in-Chief requesting several figures to be corrected. However, after investigation by the editorial office, a number of allegations of image manipulation were discovered on PubPeer, to which the authors could not provide any reasonable explanation.