Retraction to: Knockdown of lncRNA CCAT2 inhibits endometrial cancer cells growth and metastasis via sponging miR-216b

Abstract

IOS Press has retracted the following publication from its online content:

[Cancer Biomarkers, 21(1) (2018), 123–133, DOI: 10.3233/CBM-170388]

Knockdown of lncRNA CCAT2 inhibits endometrial cancer cells growth and metastasis via sponging miR-216b

Pengmu Xie ${}^{\text{a,b}}$ , Hongying Cao ${}^{\text{c}}$ , Ying Li ${}^{\text{d}}$ , Jianhua Wang ${}^{\text{d}}$ and Zhumei Cui ${}^{\text{e}}$

${}^{\text{a}}$ The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{b}}$ Department of Gynecology, Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Jining 272011, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{c}}$ Department of Pathology, Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Jining 272011, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{d}}$ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanxian Central Hospital, Heze 274300, Shandong, China

${}^{\text{e}}$ Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, Shandong, China

This paper belongs to a set of papers allegedly linked to a paper mill, as described in [1]. The editorial office contacted the authors to clarify the allegations, but to date there was no response; therefore the article has been retracted.

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