Retraction Note to: Cellular Oncology (2021) 44:179–192
10.1007/s13402-020-00560-2
The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article. After publication, cell image overlap was identified in Figs. 1c and 4e, as well as among different panels in Fig. 4f. In addition, the SCG-7901 or BGC-823 cell lines, reported to be contaminated with HeLa cervical cancer cells, were used as a model of gastric cancer. The authors did not provide evidence of cell line validation. The Editors-in-Chief therefore no longer have confidence in the presented data and the conclusions of this article.
Authors Yang Han, Hong Cai and Yi Xuan agree to this retraction. Authors Bo Sun and Hua Huang have not responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction.
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