H. Li, J. Yang, X. Wei, C. Song, D. Dong, Y. Huang, X. Lan, M. Plath, C. Lei, Y. Ma, X. Qi, Y. Bai, and H. Chen, "CircFUT10 Reduces Proliferation and Facilitates Differentiation of Myoblasts by Sponging miR-133a," Journal of Cellular Physiology 233, no. 6 (2018): 4643-4651, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.26230. The above article, published online on 18 October 2017 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Robert Heath; and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed upon following concerns raised by a third party regarding data presented in the article. An investigation identified duplication between the two MyoD bands shown in Figure 3B and two MyhC bands in Figure 3H. All MyhC bands in Figure 3H were also found to be identical to western blot bands published in another article by the same authors, where they were presented as representing a different protein. Furthermore, overlaps were identified between images in Figure 6 A and images published in another article by the same authors, which were also used to represent different material. Finally, the miR-133a flow cytometry data shown in Figure 6B was also found to be identical to a dot plot found in another article published by the same authors, again representing different material. The authors cooperated with the investigation and provided some supporting data; however, this was not sufficient to restore the editors' confidence in the results. The editors consider the results and conclusions unreliable. The authors did not respond when asked to agree to the final wording of the retraction.
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