Retraction Note: BMC Gastroenterol (2011) 11:60 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-60
The Editor has retracted this article after concerns were raised regarding the figures and the contents of the article, including:
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Overlap between images in Figs. 4a, b (western blot) and 6a, b (cell images);
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Issues with western blot images presented in Figs. 3 and 4.
The Editor no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions presented.
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Tang, P., Yu, Z., Zhang, K. et al. Retraction Note to: Slug down-regulation by RNA interference inhibits invasion growth in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Gastroenterol 21, 397 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01971-7
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