Retraction to: MicroRNA-146-5p promotes proliferation, migration and invasion in lung cancer cells by targeting claudin-12

IOS Press has retracted the following publication from its online content:

[Cancer Biomarkers, 25(1) (2019), 89–99 , DOI: 10.3233/CBM-182374]

MicroRNA-146-5p promotes proliferation, migration and invasion in lung cancer cells by targeting claudin-12

Xianghong Sun${}^{\text{a}}$, Shichao Cui${}^{\text{b}}$, Xiaofeng Fu${}^{\text{c}}$, Chuan Liu${}^{\text{d}}$, Zhi Wang${}^{\text{e}}$ and Yuanwei Liu${}^{\text{f}}$

${}^{\text{a}}$ Department of Outpatient (Tumor), The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (West Coast Branch), Qingdao, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{b}}$ Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (West Coast Branch), Qingdao, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{c}}$ Department of Outpatient, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (West Coast Branch), Qingdao, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{d}}$ Department of Surgery, Qingdao West Coast New District No.2 People’s Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{e}}$ Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (Shinan Branch), Qingdao, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{f}}$ Department of Cancer Comprehensive Therapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (West Coast Branch), Qingdao, Shandong, China

This paper belongs to a set of papers allegedly linked to a paper mill, as described in [1]. The editorial office contacted the authors to clarify the allegations, but to date there was no response; therefore the article has been retracted.