Retraction Note: Cancer Cell Int (2021) 21:501 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-021-02209-y


The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article because the cell lines used in this study (HCT116 and SW480) were found by the authors to be contaminated with HeLa cells. As a result, the Editors-in-Chief no longer have confidence in the data.

The authors Guan-Yu Yu and Yao Wang have not responded to any correspondence from the editor/publisher about this retraction. All other authors agree to this retraction.