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Pan Z, Pan H, Zhang J, Yang Y, Liu H, Yang Y, Huang G, Ni J, Huang J, Zhou W. Lentivirus mediated silencing of Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 39 inhibits cell proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro. Biol Res. 2015;48:18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-015-0006-y.
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Pan, Z., Pan, H., Zhang, J. et al. Expression of Concern to: Lentivirus mediated silencing of Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 39 inhibits cell proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro. Biol Res 51, 19 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-018-0170-y
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