Statement of Retraction
We, the Editors and Publisher of the Cell Cycle journal, have retracted the following article:
Anmin You, Liwu Fu, Yongjiao Li, Xingyi Li and Bin You. MicroRNA-203 restrains epithelial–mesenchymal transition, invasion and migration of papillary thyroid cancer by downregulating AKT3. Cell Cycle. 2020;19(10):1105-1121. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2020.1746490
Since publication, significant concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data and reported results in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors did not provide their original data or any necessary supporting information. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.