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Retraction Note To: Evaluation of Mrna Expression Levels of Il-17A and Il-10 Cytokines in Cervical Cancer (Tumor Biol, (2016), 37, (10149-10153), 10.1007/S13277-016-4882-8) Publisher



Akhavan S1 ; Safari A2 ; Azizmohammadi S3 ; Azizmohammadi S3 ; Aslami M4 ; Yahaghi E5 ; Seifoleslami M6
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  1. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex and Vali Asr Hospital, Oncology Ward, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Gynecology, Imam Reza Hospital, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Gynecology, Hajar Hospital, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Biology, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, United States
  5. 5. Department of Molecular Biology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Gynecology, Khanevadeh Hospital, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Tumor Biology Published:2016


Abstract

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in- Chief, the International Society of Oncology and BioMarkers (ISOBM) and the Publisher per the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines. The article shows evidence of irregularities in authorship during the submission process, there is strong reason to believe that the peer review process was compromised and the discussion section of the article shows similarities, which have been for a large part paraphrased, with the results section published in the following article: Feng M, Wang Y, Chen K, Bian Z, Wu J, et al. (2014) IL-17A Promotes t h e Migration and Invasiveness of Cervical Cancer Cells by Coordinately Activating MMPs Expression via the p38/NF-kB Signal Pathway. PLoS ONE 9(9): e108502. doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0108502 As such the validity of the content of this article cannot be verified. © 2016, International Society of Oncology and BioMarkers (ISOBM).