We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Cell Cycle, have retracted the following article:
Bing Wen, Chenjiang He, Qin Zhang, Fanglin Zhang, Na Li, Yan Pan, Mengting Deng, Yue Wang, Jianping Li and Jiaxuan Qiu. Overexpression of microRNA-221 promotes the differentiation of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth to neurons through activation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway via inhibition of CHD8. Cell Cycle. 2020;19(23):3231-3248. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2020.1816308
Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors have been unable to address the concerns raised and have not been able to provide their original data or sufficient supporting information. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.