这篇ceRNA文章因没有获得伦理学批准被撤稿

今天看到一篇采用ncRNA/miRNA/mRNA这种ceRNA套路的文章被撤稿了，该文章于2020年1月份3日在BMC Medical Genetics上发表。期刊主编发现文章正文部分描述的伦理学部门（安徽中医药大学伦理委员会）和声明部分的伦理学部门（柳州市妇幼保健院伦理委员会）不一样，同时作者没有办法提供获得伦理学批准的证明文件，故期刊主编将这篇文章撤回。

文章题目：Retraction Note: lncRNA TINCR sponges miR-214-5p to upregulate ROCK1 in hepatocellular carcinoma

期刊官方撤稿理由原文：

The Editor has retracted this article due to lack of evidence that the study has received ethics approval.

After publication it has come to the Editor’s attention that in the body of the article the authors state that their study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine. However, in the Ethics declarations section, the authors state that their study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Maternity and Child Care Center of Liuzhou.

The authors have not provided documentation of approval from an ethics committee for this study.

Author Min Hu stated on behalf of all co-authors that they agree to this retraction.

参考文章：

Hu M, Han Y, Zhang Y, et al. lncRNA TINCR sponges miR-214-5p to upregulate ROCK1 in hepatocellular carcinoma. BMC Med Genet. 2020;21:2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12881-019-0940-6.

官方撤稿链接：https://bmcmedgenet.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12881-020-01178-9

只要没有获得伦理学批准，文章idea再好，分析结果再怎么样漂亮，期刊影响因子再高都是没有用的，还是没有办法发表，即使发表了一样会被撤稿。做基础科研的朋友要牢记，凡是研究中涉及到人或者动物，都要获得伦理学批准后才能开展相关的工作，不要心存侥幸，以为发表了就是万事大吉。即使是已经发表了，n年后依然有很大可能被撤回来。