BioMed Research International has retracted the article titled “MicroRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma: carcinogenesis, progression, and therapeutic target” [1] due to extensive text overlap with the following sources [2–4], which were not cited in the article:
Callegari, E., Elamin, B. K., Sabbioni, S., Gramantieri, L., & Negrini, M., “Role of microRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma: a clinical perspective.” OncoTargets and therapy, 2013, 6, 1167-78. https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S36161. [2]
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The authors did not provide a satisfactory response and the article is therefore being retracted due to this overlap, with the agreement of the Editorial Board. The authors do not agree to the retraction.
References
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