Retraction: CUL4B promotes bladder cancer metastasis and induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

Xia-Wa Mao¹, Jia-Quan Xiao¹, Gang Xu¹, Zhong-Yi Li¹, Hui-Feng Wu¹, Yi Li¹, Yi-Chun Zheng¹ and Nan Zhang¹

¹Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China

Published: August 05, 2024

This article has been retracted: Instances of image duplication have been discovered in this paper. Specifically, the WIF-1 panel of Figure 7C contains an overlap with the SFRP1+miR-27a inhibitors image in Figure 7C of an earlier published paper [1]. Figure 2B also contains multiple western blot overlaps with Figure 2B of another earlier published paper [2]. Therefore, the Editorial decision has been made to retract this paper. All authors agreed with the decision.

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Original article: Oncotarget. 2017; 8:77241–77253. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.20455