RETRACTED: LncRNA HOTAIR contributes to the malignancy of hepatocellular carcinoma by enhancing epithelial-mesenchymal transition via sponging miR-23b-3p from ZEB1.

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). Several figures presented in the manuscript appear to have been doctored. Figure 2B copied areas from figure 2C in the publication Gene 675 (2018) 102-109 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2018.06.095 At higher contrast, the western blots in Figures 2F, 4F, and 4J show signs of image manipulation. The journal has tried to contact the authors of this article. As there is no explanation for the image manipulations, the Editors-in-Chief of Gene have lost confidence in the validity of this work and have decided to retract it.