Retraction: miR-212/132 downregulates SMAD2 expression to suppress the G1/S phase transition of the cell cycle and the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in cervical cancer cells

Retraction: ‘ miR-212/132 downregulates SMAD2 expression to suppress the G1/S phase transition of the cell cycle and the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in cervical cancer cells’ by Jian-Li Zhao, Le Zhang, Xu Guo, Jing-Hua Wang, Wen Zhou, Min Liu, Xin Li and Hua Tang, IUBMB Life 2015, 67, 380–394 : The above article, published online on 15 May 2015 on Wiley Online Library (https://doi.org/10.1002/iub.1381) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Dr. Efstathios S. Gonos, and Wiley Periodicals LLC.

 

The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies were found, including image manipulation in Figures 3C, 4C, 5B, 6B, 7C, 7D, 8B, 8C and 8D, and the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid. The authors were contacted regarding the findings and the proposed retraction, but we did not receive a response.