INTRODUCTION
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) are issuing this Expression of Concern regarding the following publication:
Wu D-M, Wen X, Han X-R, Wang S, Wang Y-J, Shen M, Fan S-H, Zhang Z-F, Shan Q, Li M-Q, Hu B, Chen G-Q, Lu J, Zheng Y-L. 2018. Role of circular RNA DLEU2 in human acute myeloid leukemia. Mol Cell Biol 38(20):e00259-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.00259-18.
ASM was notified that multiple authors listed in the byline allegedly did not approve of its submission or publication. Currently, the data and findings of this paper are not in question.
This Expression of Concern is being issued pending the receipt and review of a response from the corresponding authors regarding this authorship issue and will be updated accordingly thereafter.