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At the authors request, the Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised about the reliability of the cell apoptosis data presented in the article. In addition, the total number of cancer tissue samples reported in Figures 1A, 4E and 5D was inconsistent which risked statistical deviation occurring in the results. The authors reviewed the data from their study and determined that unintentional mistakes had been made and the findings of their study were now no longer valid. The authors wish to apologise for this and asked to retract the article.
Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retraction.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.