Cell Physiol Research Articles

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Retraction: "In vivo and in vitro effects of microRNA-221 on hepatocellular carcinoma development and progression through the JAK-STAT3 signaling pathway by targeting SOCS3," by Shan Huang, Da Zhou, Yu-Xuan Li, Zhi-Yong Ming, Ke-Zhi Li, Guo-Bin Wu, Chuang Chen, Yin-Nong Zhao, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 3500-3514: The above article, published online on 28 October 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26863) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Inhibitory role of large intergenic noncoding RNA-ROR on tamoxifen resistance in the endocrine therapy of breast cancer by regulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway," by Peng-Wei Lu, Lin Li, Fang Wang, Yuan-Ting Gu, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 1904-1912: The above article, published online on 26 August 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.27066), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Targeting of SPP1 by microRNA-340 inhibits gastric cancer cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition through inhibition of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway," by Su-Zhen Song, Sen Lin, Jia-Ning Liu, Ming-Bao Zhang, Ya-Ting Du, Dong-Dong Zhang, Wei-Hua Xu, Hong-Bo Wang, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 18587-18601: The above article, published online on 05 April 2019 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.28497), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "MicroRNA-590-5p functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer conferring inhibitory effects on cell migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by downregulating the Wnt-β-catenin signaling pathway," by Jin Gao, Shao-Rong Yu, Yuan Yuan, Li-Li Zhang, Jian-Wei Lu, Ji-Feng Feng, Sai-Nan Hu, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 1827-1841: The above article, published online on 07 September 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.27056) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Long noncoding RNA MT1JP inhibits proliferation, invasion, and migration while promoting apoptosis of glioma cells through the activation of PTEN/Akt signaling pathway," by Ye Zhang, Rui Sui, Yi Chen, Hanyang Liang, Ji Shi, Haozhe Piao, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 19553-19564: The above article, published online on 07 May 2019 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.28553), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Effects of RNA interference-mediated silencing of toll-like receptor 4 gene on proliferation and apoptosis of human breast cancer MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells: An in vitro study," by Xiao-Ling Gao, Jiao-Jiao Yang, Shu-Juan Wang, Yan Chen, Bei Wang, Er-Jing Cheng, Jian-Nan Gong, Yan-Ting Dong, Dai Liu, Xiang-Li Wang, Ya-Qiong Huang, Dong-Dong An, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 433-442: The above article, published online on 22 June 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26573) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Suppression of microRNA-342-3p increases glutamate transporters and prevents dopaminergic neuron loss through activating the Wnt signaling pathway via p21-activated kinase 1 in mice with Parkinson's disease," by Dong-Mei Wu, Shan Wang, Xin Wen, Xin-Rui Han, Yong-Jian Wang, Min Shen, Shao-Hua Fan, Juan Zhuang, Zi-Feng Zhang, Qun Shan, Meng-Qiu Li, Bin Hu, Chun-Hui Sun, Jun Lu, Gui-Quan Chen, Yuan-Lin Zheng, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 9033-9044: The above article, published online on 26 October 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.27577), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. As several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Effect of microRNA-186 on oxidative stress injury of neuron by targeting interleukin 2 through the janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription pathway in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease," by Dong-Mei Wu, Xin Wen, Yong-Jian Wang, Xin-Rui Han, Shan Wang, Min Shen, Shao-Hua Fan, Juan Zhuang, Zi-Feng Zhang, Qun Shan, Meng-Qiu Li, Bin Hu, Chun-Hui Sun, Jun Lu, Gui-Quan Chen, Yuan-Lin Zheng, J Cell Physiol. 2018; 9488-9502: The above article, published online on 11 July 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26843) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Downregulated microRNA-135a ameliorates rheumatoid arthritis by inactivation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT signaling pathway via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit 2," by Yuan Qu, Yu-Ping Zhang, Jing Wu, Li-Gang Jie, Jia-Xin Deng, Dong-Bao Zhao, Qing-Hong Yu, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 17663-17676: The above article, published online on 25 March 2019 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.28390), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Long noncoding RNA PCA3 regulates prostate cancer through sponging miR-218-5p and modulating high mobility group box 1," Guoxian Zhang, Xiangfei He, Chuanchuan Ren, Juntang Lin, and Qingwei Wang, J Cell Physiol. 2019, 13097-13109. The above article, published online on 19 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.27980), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Downregulated expression of microRNA-329 inhibits apoptosis of nigral dopaminergic neurons by regulating CDKN2D expression via the FoxO3a signaling pathway in rats with Parkinson's disease," by Yuan-Yuan Liu, Yi-Nan Zhang, Qing-Shan Yang, J Cell Physiol. 2018; 8617-8629: The above article, published online on 15 May 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26608) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: “MicroRNA‐21 contributes to high glucose–induced fibrosis in peritoneal mesothelial cells in rat models by activation of the Ras–MAPK signaling pathway via Sprouty‐1,” by Qing Gao, Lin Xu, Qian Yang, Tian‐Jun Guan, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 5915‐5925: The above article, published online on 04 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26941) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC.The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Long noncoding RNA HOTAIR knockdown inhibits autophagy and epithelial-mesenchymal transition through the Wnt signaling pathway in radioresistant human cervical cancer HeLa cells," by Xinggang Guo, Hongqi Xiao, Sihong Guo, Jing Li, Yuxia Wang, Jie Chen, Ge Lou, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 3478-3489: The above article, published online on 26 October 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.26828), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. As several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "Upregulated microRNA-15b alleviates ovarian cancer through inhitbition of the PI3K/Akt pathway by targeting LPAR3," by Guang-Cai Li, Xu-Ling Qin, Huai-Hua Song, Ying-Ni Li, Yu-Yan Qiu, Shi-Chang Cui, Yong-Sheng Wang, Hui Wang, Jun-Ling Gong, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 22331-22342: The above article, published online on 29 May 2019 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.28799), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. As several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "MicroRNA-99b suppresses human cervical cancer cell activity by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway," by Yong-Jie Li, Yue Wang, Yi-Ying Wang, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 9577-9591: The above article, published online on 27 November 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.27645), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "MicroRNA-150 contributes to ischemic stroke through its effect on cerebral cortical neuron survival and function by inhibiting ERK1/2 axis via Mal," by Hui Lv, Jie Li, Yu-Qin Che, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 1477-1490: The above article, published online on 24 August 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26960) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "LncRNA LINC00880 promotes cell proliferation, migration, and invasion while inhibiting apoptosis by targeting CACNG5 through the MAPK signaling pathway in spinal cord ependymoma," by Dong-Mei Wu, Yong-Jian Wang, Xin-Rui Han, Xin Wen, Shan Wang, Min Shen, Shao-Hua Fan, Juan Zhuang, Zi-Feng Zhang, Qun Shan, Meng-Qiu Li, Bin Hu, Chun-Hui Sun, Jun Lu, Yuan-Lin Zheng, J Cell Physiol. 2018; 6689-6704: The above article, published online on 07 December 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26329) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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Retraction: "MicroRNA-497 accelerates apoptosis while inhibiting proliferation, migration, and invasion through negative regulation of the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway via RAF-1," by Ling Tao, Chun-Yu Zhang, Lei Guo, Xia Li, Na-Na Han, Qi Zhou, Zhi-Le Liu, J Cell Physiol. 2018; 6578-6588: The above article, published online on 21 December 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcp.26272) has been retracted by agreement between the authors, journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.

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