Retracted: Ailanthone exerts an antitumor function on the development of human lung cancer by upregulating microRNA-195

Retraction: ‘ Ailanthone exerts an antitumor function on the development of human lung cancer by upregulating microRNA-195 ’, by Shizhen Hou, Ziming Cheng, Wenling Wang, Xiangdong Wang, Yubing Wu, J Cell Biochem. 2019; 10444-10451: The above article, published online on 19 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.28329 ), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid. The authors collaborated in the investigation initially, but were not available for a final confirmation of the retraction.     

Withdrawal: Muscle-derived Satellite Cells for Treating Type 1 Diabetes in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

The above article from Journal of Cellular Physiology, “Muscle-derived Satellite Cells for Treating Type 1 Diabetes in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)” by Yu Ren, Hefei Wang, Si Ha, Xingsheng Zhao, Xiao Wang, Yu Lan and Xiaoling Liu published online on 10 January 2018 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been withdrawn by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief Gary S. Stein and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The retraction has been agreed because the authors are not responding to requests to finalize their article for publication in the journal as the Version of Record.     

Retraction: Zhong H,Lu L,Wang Y,Yang H. Single layer molybdenum disulfide as an optical nanoprobe for 2 photon luminescence and second harmonic generation cell imaging. J. Biophotonics. 2018;11:e201700354.

The above article from the Journal of Biophotonics, published online on 9 January 2018 in Wiley Online Library as Early View ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbio.201700354 ), and in Volume 11, e201700354, has been retracted by agreement between the authors (Hong Zhong, Lin Lu, Yuanhao Wang, Hongxing Yang), Prof. Sailing He, Prof. Jurgen Popp (Editor‐in‐Chief) and Wiley‐VCH GmbH & Co. KGaA. The retraction has been agreed because the submitting author Hong Zhong failed to acknowledge the true authorship of the presented study which was originally conducted by a group led by Prof. Sailing He in South China Normal University, Guangzhou of China. REFERENCE Zhong H, Lu L, Wang Y, Yang H. Single layer molybdenum disulfide as an optical nanoprobe for 2 photon luminescence and second harmonic generation cell imaging. J. Biophotonics  2018 ;11:e201700354. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201700354     

Retraction

Retraction : “MicroRNA-1271 functions as a potential tumor suppressor in hepatitis B virus–associated hepatocellular carcinoma through the AMPK signaling pathway by binding to CCNA1 ” by Yang Chen, Zhen-Xian Zhao, Fei Huang, Xiao-Wei Yuan, Liang Deng, and Di Tang, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 3555-3569: The above article, published online on 22 November 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.26955 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, Prof Dr Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party concerning similarities to images in a published article by different authors in another journal. The authors asked to retract their article and stated that unintentional errors occurred during the collation of the figures for publication. As a consequence, the editors consider the conclusions to be invalid.     

Retraction: Plin5 deficiency promotes atherosclerosis progression through accelerating inflammation,apoptosis and oxidative stress

The above article, from Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, “Plin5 deficiency promotes atherosclerosis progression through accelerating inflammation, apoptosis and oxidative stress” by Peng-Li Zhou, Min Li, Xin-Wei Han, Yong-Hua Bi, Wen-Guang Zhang, Zheng-Yang Wu, and Gang Wu published online on 7 December 2017 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been withdrawn by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief Gary S. Stein and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The retraction has been agreed because the authors are not responding to requests to finalize their article for publication in the journal as the Version of Record.     

CYP2E1 Rsa Ι/Pst Ι polymorphism and lung cancer susceptibility: A meta‐analysis involving 10,947 subjects

The above article, published in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine on 14 September 2016 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and in Volume 19, pp. 2136‐2142, has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Stefan Constantinescu, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to unattributed overlap of the language used in the “Materials and method” and “Discussion” sections of this study and the following article published in Lung Cancer: “CYP2E1 Rsa I/Pst I polymorphism is associated with lung cancer risk among Asians” by Ping Zhan, Jing Wang, Yu Zhang, Li‐Xin Qiu, Su‐feng Zhao, Qian Qian, Shu‐Zhen Wei, Li‐Ke Yu and Yong Song, Volume 69, 2010, pages 19‐25. REFERENCE Shen Z‐T, Wu X‐H, Li B, Shen J‐S, Wang Z, Li J, Zhu X‐X. CYP2E1 Rsa Ι/Pst Ι polymorphism and lung cancer susceptibility: a meta‐analysis involving 10,947 subjects. J Cell Mol Med. 2015;19:2136‐2142. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.12579     

Withdrawal: Cai,Z.,Wu,H., Xu,X. and Li,W. (2019),Down‐regulation of miR‐26 plays essential roles in TGFβ‐induced EMT. Cell Biol Int. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11029

The above article, published online on 04 July 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11029 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided final corrections.     

Retraction: MiR‐506‐3p inhibits cell proliferation,induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in retinoblastoma by directly targeting NEK6 by Lina Wu,Zhen Chen,Yiqiao Xing

The above article, published online on 06 August 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11041 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.     

Retraction: Circular RNA‐0007874 (circMTO1) reverses chemoresistance to temozolomide by acting as a sponge of microRNA‐630 in glioblastoma by Jiang Rao,Xinxin Cheng,Huimin Zhu,Lifeng Wang,Li Liu

The above article, published online on 11 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11080 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.     

Retraction

Retraction: ‘ Overexpression of miR-4286 is an unfavorable prognostic marker in individuals with non–small cell lung cancer ’, by Xian An, Jiwen Ge, Huihui Guo, Huaixue Mi, Jinhua Zhou, Yongrui Liu, Weiyue, Zhilian Wu, J Cell Biochem. 2019; 17573-17583: The above article, published online on 20 May 2019 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.29024 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal acting Editor in Chief, Dr. Lucie Kalvodova, and the Wiley Periodicals LLC after the authors stated that in subsequent research they found results which are in contradiction to the conclusions of this article.     

Withdrawal: Cai,H., Tao,X., Zheng,L., Huang,L., Peng,Y., Liao,R. and Zhu,Y. (2019), Ozone alleviates ischemia‐reperfusion injury by inhibiting mitochondrion‐mediated apoptosis pathway in SH‐SY5Y cells. Cell Biol Int. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11087

The above article, published online on 20 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11087 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.     

Retraction

Retraction: “HCFU inhibits cervical cancer cells growth and metastasis by inactivating Wnt/β-catenin pathway” from Journal of Cellular Biochemistry by Ping Liu, Shuying Ma, Hua Liu, Huazhen Han, and Shanshan Wang published online on 12 December 2017 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been withdrawn by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief Gary S. Stein and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The retraction has been agreed because the authors are not responding to requests to finalize their article for publication in the journal as the Version of Record.     

Retraction: 7, 8, 3’-Trihydroxyflavone protectsH/R-induced apoptosis and induces in vivo growth of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

The above article, from Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, “7, 8, 3’-Trihydroxyflavone protects H/R-induced apoptosis and induces in vivo growth of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes” by Jiaxiang Li, Cuiping Wang, Bao Zhang, and Baiyun Tang published online on 20 May 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https://wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been withdrawn by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief Gary S. Stein and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The retraction has been agreed because the authors are not responding to requests to finalize their article for publication in the journal as the Version of Record.     

Retraction: “MiR-137 functions as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer by targeting MRGBP”

Retraction: “MiR-137 functions as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer by targeting MRGBP” by Feng Ding, Shuang Zhang, Shaoyang Gao, Jian Shang, Yanxia Li, Ning Cui, and Qiu Zhao, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 4799-4807: The above article, published online on 13 January 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26676 ) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed after the authors stated that errors occurred during figure compilation, and that the experimental data in the article could not be verified. The investigation additionally revealed inconsistencies in several image elements. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.     

Retracted: Variation of Phomopsis viticola isolates in the interaction with grapevine germplasm

Wilma Sabetta, Cinzia Montemurro and Monica Marilena Miazzi, (2019). Variation of Phomopsis viticola isolates in the interaction with grapevine germplasm. Journal of Phytopathology, 167, 312. https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.12699 The above article from Journal of Phytophathology, published as an Early View article online on 08 March 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, Wilma Sabetta, Cinzia Montemurro and Monica Marilena Miazzi, the journal Editor in Chief, Andreas von Tiedemann, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been made as a consequence of a disagreement between the authors as to the conclusions of the study.