Statement of Retraction: Silencing lncRNA HOTAIR declines synovial inflammation and synoviocyte proliferation and promotes synoviocyte apoptosis in osteoarthritis rats by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Silencing lncRNA HOTAIR declines synovial inflammation and synoviocyte proliferation and promotes synoviocyte apoptosis in osteoarthritis rats by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Cell Cycle, have retracted the following article:

Tian Mao, Chengjian He, Huafeng Wu, Bo Yang & Xin Li (2019) ‘Silencing lncRNA HOTAIR declines synovial inflammation and synoviocyte proliferation and promotes synoviocyte apoptosis in osteoarthritis rats by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway’ Cell Cycle, 18:22, https://doi.org/10.1080/15384101.2019.1671716

Since publication, the authors have raised significant concerns about the reliability of the data presented in the article. As the Editor and Publisher also have concerns about the integrity of the reported results, all parties have agreed to retract the article to ensure correction of the scholarly record.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.