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. 2024 Jan 15;15(1):54. doi: 10.1038/s41419-024-06445-8

Retraction Note: Periostin secreted by cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer stemness in head and neck cancer by activating protein tyrosine kinase 7

Binbin Yu 1,2, Kailiu Wu 1, Xu Wang 1,2, Jianjun Zhang 1,2, Lizhen Wang 3, Yingying Jiang 1,2, Xueqin Zhu 1, Wantao Chen 1,2,, Ming Yan 1,2,
PMCID: PMC10789868  PMID: 38225242

Retraction to: Cell Death and Disease 10.1038/s41419-018-1116-6, published online 22 October 2018

The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article. Concerns were raised regarding figure 4H, specifically:

  • The shNC Control panel appears to partially overlap with the shPTK7-1 rhPOSTN panel, but slightly resized.

  • The SHPTK7-2 Control panel appears to partially overlap with the shPTK7-2 rhPOSTN panel, but slightly resized.

Author Ming Yan also stated that the authors found concerns with Figures 5D, 6A and 6D. Additionally, there appeared to be a number of discrepancies in the documentation regarding the ethics approval as provided by the authors. The Editors-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

Author Ming Yan has stated that the authors disagree with this retraction.

Contributor Information

Wantao Chen, Email: chenwantao196323@sjtu.edu.cn.

Ming Yan, Email: yanming8012@126.com.


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