Notice of retraction

IOS Press has retracted the following publication: [Cancer Biomarkers 22(1) (2018), 151-159] DOI: 10.3233/CBM-171120MiR-29a suppresses cell proliferation by targeting SIRT1 in hepatocellular carcinomaYongyu Zhanga, Lewei Yangb, Shiji Wangc, Zhongmin Liucand Ming Xiuc,*aDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai,Guangdong, ChinabDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, ChinacDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China

The above article published in Vol. 22(1) (2018) is retracted from Cancer Biomarkers because of the following reason:

“When repeating the experiments of the original research, the results did not reach statistical significance. The authors consider the possibility of cell contamination in the original experiment. They apologize to the readers of Cancer Biomarkers.”