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Yu Lan and Xiaoling Liu published online on 10 January 2018 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been withdrawn by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief Gary S. Stein and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The retraction has been agreed because the authors are not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.     

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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above article, published online on 22 November 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.26955 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, Prof Dr Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC.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: Downregulation of microRNA-1469 promotes the development of breast cancer via targeting HOXA1 and activating PTEN/PI3K/AKT and Wnt/β-catenin pathways

The above article, “Downregulation of microRNA-1469 promotes the development of breast cancer via targeting HOXA1 and activating PTEN/PI3K/AKT and Wnt/β-catenin pathways,” by Yonghui Zhang, Jing Fang, Hongmeng Zhao, Yue Yu, Xuchen Cao, and Bin Zhang, J Cell Biochem. 2019; 5097-5107. The above article, published online on 15 October 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jcb.27786 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal acting Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Lucie Kalvodova, and the Wiley Periodicals LLC following an investigation based on public allegations. The authors stated that unintentional errors occurred during the research process, and the experimental results cannot be verified.     

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     

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: Bauhinia saksuwaniae sp. nov. (Leguminosae–Caesalpinioideae) from Thailand

The following article from the Nordic Journal of Botany , ‘Bauhinia saksuwaniae sp. nov. (Leguminosae‐Caesalpinioideae) from Thailand.’ by Sawai Mattapha, Pranom Chantaranothai and Somran Suddee, published online on 11 December 2013 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Torbjörn Tyler and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to the publication of a species under the name B. nakhonpranomensis, prior to the publication of this article.     

Withdrawal: Booher,Adam & Kathryn Oths. The last bonesetter: An encounter with Don Felipe. DVD/PAL, 27 mins,colour. Watertown,Mass: DER, 2018. $295.00 (institutional use). Reviewed by Howard Reid

The above article from Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, published online on 5 December 2022, in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been withdrawn by agreement between the journal Editors in Chief, Hannah Knox, Adam Reed, Chika Watanabe, and Thomas Yarrow, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed due to a technical error at the publisher that caused the article to be mistakenly published online although its author has not signed the journal's publishing license.     

Retraction: Fu,W., Wang,W., Wang,H., Zhu,X., Liang,Y., Kung,H. and Zhang,J. (2014), 1,3,5‐Trihydroxy‐13,13‐dimethyl‐2H‐pyran [7,6‐b] xanthone directly targets heat shock protein 27 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cell Biol Int, 38: 272–276. doi:10.1002/cbin.10193

The above article from Cell Biology International, published online on 07 October 2013 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ) has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor‐in‐Chief and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to an error in the detection method used.     

Retraction: lncRNA CCAT1 contributes to the growth and invasion of gastric cancer via targeting miR-219-1

The above article, from Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, “lncRNA CCAT1 contributes to the growth and invasion of gastric cancer via targeting miR-219-1” by Yanfeng Li, Guanyu Zhu, Yan Ma, and Hongyan Qu 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: Prognostic implication and functional role of long noncoding RNA IGF2AS in human non-small cell lung cancer

The above article, from Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, “Prognostic implication and functional role of long noncoding RNA IGF2AS in human non-small cell lung cancer” by Xin Zhang, Xiujuan Zhang, Rongpeng Hu, and Lanxiang Hao published online on 4 May 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.     

Retracted: A proteomic approach for investigation of photosynthetic apparatus in plants

Retraction: The following article from Proteomics, “A proteomic approach for investigation of photosynthetic apparatus in plants” by C. Ciambella, P. Roepstorff, E.M. Aro and L. Zolla, published online on 28 January 2005 in the Wiley Online Library ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmic.200401129/full ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the Editor‐in‐Chief and Wiley‐VCH GmbH & Co. KGaA. The retraction has been agreed due to the similarity of Figure 4 in this article and an image from an article by B. Granvogl and L.A. Eichacker which was originally submitted to Proteomics on November 1^st, 2002 and which was finally published online on 6 June 2006 in the Wiley Online Library ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmic.200500924/full ) as Figure 1 in Proteomics, “Mapping the proteome of thylakoid membranes by de novo sequencing of intermembrane peptide domains” by B. Granvogl, V. Reisinger and L.A. Eichacker.     

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.     

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-200a mediates protection of thymosin β4 in cardiac microvascular endothelial cells as a novel mechanism under hypoxia-reoxygenation injury

The above article, from Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, “miR-200a mediates protection of thymosin β4 in cardiac microvascular endothelial cells as a novel mechanism under hypoxia-reoxygenation injury” by Yang Li, Xiaolong Zhu, Xiping Liu, Aolin Du, and Bo Yu published online on 31 August 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.     

Retracted: Role of α7‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in human non‐small cell lung cancer proliferation

The above article from Cell Proliferation, published online on 18 November 2008 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), and in Volume 41, pp. 936‐959, has been retracted by agreement between the Editor in Chief, Dr Catherine Sarraf, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed upon following the recent confirmation regarding an internal investigation that was conducted by the Institutional Office for Research Integrity (UIR) at the National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova, Italy, in 2009, which found evidence of fabricated/duplicated data within the article.     

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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.     

Retracted: Production,biochemical characterization,and kinetic/thermodynamic study of novel serine protease from Aspergillus avenaceus URM 6706

“Production, biochemical characterization, and kinetic/thermodynamic study of novel serine protease from Aspergillus avenaceus URM 6706“ (by da Silva A, et al.) Bio. Tech. Prog.; https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/btpr.3091 The above listed article, from Biotechnology Progress, published online in Early View on October 16, 2020 in Wiley Online Library ( http://wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, John A. Morgan and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed because the article was not accepted for publication by the Journal and subsequently published in error as an Early View article. The editorial team of this journal takes full responsibility and apologizes for the technical error that resulted in this article appearing in Early View.     

Retracted: Diversity of ants across an altitudinal gradient in and outside a spruce forest in the Harz Mountains,Germany

Retraction: The following article from Insect Science, ‘Diversity of ants across an altitudinal gradient in and outside a spruce forest in the Harz Mountains, Germany’ by Marc Srour, Germano Leão Demolin Leite, Torsten Wappler, Teja Tscharntke and Christoph Scherber, published online on 2 August 2012 in Wiley Online Library ( http://wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Le Kang, and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to concerns having been raised about the validity of the species richness values derived by the authors, and regarding the validity of the species determinations.     

Synaptic integration in dendritic trees

The original article to which this Erratum refers has been published in Journal of Neurobiology J Neurobiol (2005)64(1)75–90 . © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.