Article corrected: Çelik E, Kanbur E, Bayram C, Aydoğan Ç, Köksal MB, Aydın SA, et al. Polyethylenimine-Mediated Delivery of miR-379-5p Suppresses MTDH and FOXP2 in Colorectal Cancer Cells. Gazi Med J. 2026;37(2):157-165. doi: 10.12996/gmj.2025.4598.
In the article titled “Polyethylenimine-Mediated Delivery of miR-379-5p Suppresses MTDH and FOXP2 in Colorectal Cancer Cells,” published in Gazi Medical Journal, two references cited in the article were identified during post-publication review as retracted publications.
These retracted references were cited as supporting literature for the target-gene rationale and do not affect the experimental design, methodology, data analysis, results, interpretation, or conclusions of the article. Therefore, these retracted references should be replaced with appropriate non-retracted references at the same reference numbers.
The removed references are as follows:
“27. Hu W, Cao W, Liu J. RETRACTED: LncRNA-NEAT1 facilitates autophagy to boost pemetrexed resistance in lung adenocarcinoma via the miR- 379-3p/HIF1A pathway. Human & Experimental Toxicology. 2025; 43.
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The corrected references should read as follows:
“27. Chen JS, Li HS, Huang JQ, Dong SH, Huang ZJ, Yi W, et al. MicroRNA-379-5p inhibits tumor invasion and metastasis by targeting FAK/AKT signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Lett. 2016; 375: 73-83.
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Accordingly, references 27 and 35 have been replaced in the reference list with the corrected references listed above. The relevant in-text citation “(27,35)” refers to the corrected references. No renumbering of the remaining references was required. These changes are technical in nature and do not alter the scientific content or conclusions of the article.
