Retraction Note: J Exp Clin Cancer Res 35, 133 (2015)
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article at the corresponding author’s request. After publication, concerns were raised that the data presented in this article appear highly similar to a number of other publications [1,2,3,4,5].
The corresponding author has stated that the experiments were performed by a third party, where the data may have been mismanaged.
Lei Dong agrees to this retraction. None of the other authors have responded to any correspondence from the publisher about this retraction.
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Lv, X., Li, L., Lv, L. et al. Retraction Note: HOXD9 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis by ZEB1 regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 43, 246 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-024-03171-z
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