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Figure 3C p-p53 panel seems to appear in part as Figure 6 CUL4A panel from Wang et al, 2017 (DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.3118) [retracted], and Figure 3e HOXA7 panel from Tang et al, 2016 (DOI: 10.1186/s12943-016-0540-4) [retracted] with horizontal flip transformation
Figure 5C Control panel seems to appear as both Figure 2D shWDR5 #1 panel with contrast alteration, and Figure 2D shWDR5 #2 panel with contrast alteration and rotation from Dai et al, 2020 (DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s237582)
Figure 5C THS panel seems to appear as Figure 2D Mock panel with contrast alteration from Dai et al, 2020 (DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s237582).
