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10.3892/mmr.2024.13326
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Retraction
[Retracted] miR‑218 functions as a tumor suppressor gene in cervical cancer
Liu Zhen
Mao Lin
Wang Linlin
Zhang Hong
Hu Xiaoxia
11 2024
09 9 2024
09 9 2024
30 5 202Copyright: © 2024 Liu et al.
2024
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pmcMol Med Rep 21: 209–219, 2020; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2019.10809

Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, concerning the Transwell cell migration and invasion assays shown in Fig. 4Ba and 4Ca on p. 215, quite a large number of the data panels contained overlapping sections, such that data panels which were intended to show the results from differently performed experiments had been derived from a smaller number of original sources.

After having considered this matter, in view of the number of overlapping data panels that were identified, the Editor of Molecular Medicine Reports has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal on account of a lack of confidence in the presented data. The authors were asked for an explanation to account for these concerns, but the Editorial Office did not receive a reply. The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience caused.
