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Retraction: "SiRNA-Mediated Down-Regulation of CLIC4 Gene Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Accelerates Cell Apoptosis of Mouse Liver Cancer Hca-F and Hca-P Cells," by Qiu-Yun Yu, Xin-Feng Zhou, Qing Xia, Jia Shen, Jia Yan, Jiu-Ting Zhu, Xiang Li, and Ming Shu, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 659-668: The above article, published online on 21 June 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26229), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed after the authors asked to retract their article due to errors in the statistical methods. During an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party, multiple inappropriate modifications especially in the backgrounds of blots were revealed. Since raw data could not be provided, the overall validity of the results could not be confirmed.
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