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. 2026 Apr 29;17(1):401. doi: 10.1038/s41419-026-08829-4

Retraction Note: microRNA-17 functions as an oncogene by downregulating Smad3 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma

Zhufeng Lu 1,✉,#, Xiuhua Li 2,#, Yongfeng Xu 3, Miaomiao Chen 2, Wei Chen 1, Tao Chen 4, Qinghe Tang 5,, Zhiying He 2,
PMCID: PMC13128849  PMID: 42056081

Retraction Note to: Cell Death & Disease 10.1038/s41419-019-1960-z, published online 26 September 2019

The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article. An investigation conducted after its publication discovered that the p21 band shown in Figure 5D appears to overlap with a portion of the c-Myc band in Figure 4B in [1] after a horizontal flip. The authors informed the Journal that the source data for this research is no longer available. The Editors-in-Chief therefore no longer have confidence in the integrity of the research presented in this article.

The authors did not explicitly state whether they agree or disagree with this retraction.

Footnotes

These authors contributed equally: Zhufeng Lu, Xiuhua Li.

Contributor Information

Zhufeng Lu, Email: lu.zhufeng@zs-hospital.sh.cn.

Qinghe Tang, Email: datang1978@sina.com.

Zhiying He, Email: zyhe@tongji.edu.cn.

Reference

  • 1.Xie, F, Yuan, Y, Xie, L, Ran, P, Xiang, X, Huang, Q, et al. miRNA-320a inhibits tumor proliferation and invasion by targeting c-Myc in human hepatocellular carcinoma. OncoTargets and therapy. 2017;10:885–94 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed]

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