Retraction Notice to: MicroRNA-140 Inhibits the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer

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(Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids 10, 426–437; March 2018)

This article has been retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief. In investigating concerns of image duplications initially raised on PubPeer (https://pubpeer.com/publications/DE92F16DF4B19FB114CFC27F8C798C), evidence for image duplication in identical or altered fashion in Figures 2B, 2C, 2E, and 2F was identified. In addition, an investigation conducted by the Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China has concluded that this article contains forged and altered images (https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab434/info87591.htm). This reuse and misrepresentation of data without appropriate attribution represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. All authors disagree with the retraction of this article.