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Cai Q, Wang X, Wang S, et al. Int J Nanomedicine. 2020;15:253–262. The Editor and Publisher of International Journal of Nanomedicine wish to retract the published article. Following the authors request to make corrections an investigation found several images within Figure 5 appeared to have been duplicated. In addition, images within Figure 5 were also found to have been duplicated with images from Figure 8 in Cai Q, Wang S, Jin L, et al. Long non-coding RNA GBCDRlnc1 induces chemoresistance of gallbladder cancer cells by activating autophagy. Mol Cancer. 18, 82 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-019-1016-0. Specifically, Figure 5, p62, NIR, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 5, p62, Dox+NIR. Figure 5, PCNA, Dox+NIR, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 5, PCNA, CQ+Dox+NIR. Figure 5, Ki-67, Dox, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 5, Ki-67, CQ-Dox. Figure 5, p62, CQ, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 8, p62, GBC-SD/Dox Lv-shRNA+Dox from Cai et al, 2019. Figure 5, p62, Dox, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 8, p62, GBC-SD/Dox Lv-control+Dox from Cai et al, 2019. Figure 5, p62, CQ+Dox, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 8, ATG5, GBC-SD/Dox Lv-control+Dox from Cai et al, 2019. The authors cooperated with the investigation and provided data associated with the study. However, despite the authors’ assistance, it was still not clear how the images came to be duplicated, and, as we cannot verify the validity of the published work, we are therefore retracting the article and the authors were notified of this. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retra

Qiang Cai, 1, 2,* Xinjing Wang, 2,* Shouhua Wang, 1 Longyang Jin, 1 Jun Ding, 3 Di Zhou, 1 Fei Ma 4 1Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Shanghai Shuguang Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai University of T.C.M., Shanghai 201203, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Oncology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fei MaDepartment of Oncology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Researh, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail Mafei@xinhuamed.com.cnDi ZhouDepartment of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail Zhoudi@xinhuamed.com.cnIntroduction: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common malignancy in biliary tract with extremely poor prognosis. Photothermal therapy (PTT) shows great promises for tumor therapy, which causes tumor cell death via selectively directed heating released by nanoparticles under the near-infrared irradiation. Through degrading damaged organelles and misfolded proteins in autophagosomes, autophagy plays a vital role in maintaining the intracellular homeostasis. The present study attempted to combine chemotherapy and autophagy blocking with PTT.Materials and Methods: We purchased multi-walled carbon nanotubes from Nanostructured and Amorphous Materials and performed PTT usin

This paper has been retracted. Cai Q, Wang X, Wang S, et al. Int J Nanomedicine. 2020;15:253–262. The Editor and Publisher of International Journal of Nanomedicine wish to retract the published article. Following the authors request to make corrections an investigation found several images within Figure 5 appeared to have been duplicated. In addition, images within Figure 5 were also found to have been duplicated with images from Figure 8 in Cai Q, Wang S, Jin L, et al. Long non-coding RNA GBCDRlnc1 induces chemoresistance of gallbladder cancer cells by activating autophagy. Mol Cancer. 18, 82 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-019-1016-0. Specifically, Figure 5, p62, NIR, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 5, p62, Dox+NIR. Figure 5, PCNA, Dox+NIR, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 5, PCNA, CQ+Dox+NIR. Figure 5, Ki-67, Dox, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 5, Ki-67, CQ-Dox. Figure 5, p62, CQ, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 8, p62, GBC-SD/Dox Lv-shRNA+Dox from Cai et al, 2019. Figure 5, p62, Dox, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 8, p62, GBC-SD/Dox Lv-control+Dox from Cai et al, 2019. Figure 5, p62, CQ+Dox, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 8, ATG5, GBC-SD/Dox Lv-control+Dox from Cai et al, 2019. The authors cooperated with the investigation and provided data associated with the study. However, despite the authors’ assistance, it was still not clear how the images came to be duplicated, and, as we cannot verify the validity of the published work, we are therefore retracting the article and the authors were notified of this. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on