WITHDRAWN: Long non-coding RNA H19 promotes angiogenesis in microvascular endothelial cells by down-regulating miR-181a
Authors: Yu Li
Aidong Zhu
Qiuju Ma
Lifen Chu
Journal: International journal of biological macromolecules (2018)
Discipline: BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Keywords: Article withdrawal; Author; Editor; Publisher; Elsevier Policy
Affiliations: Department of Vascular Surgery, Jining No.1 People's Hospital, Jining 272011, China., Department of Vascular Surgery, Jining No.1 People's Hospital, Jining 272011, China. Electronic address: .

Abstract:  This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal. 

Retracted: No

PubPeer comments:
  This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. It was subsequently republished at another journal: https: pubpeer.com publications A6709DDA58A828505427A3C0A33C06  Editorial Note: We, the Editor and Publisher, are aware that this article u201cLong non-coding RNA H19 promotes angiogenesis in microvascular endothelial cells by down-regulating miR-181au201d, was previously published in the *International Journal of Biological Macromolecules* in August 2018. After publication the authors noticed significant errors in their results, and in agreement with the editors at *International Journal of Biological Macromolecules*, withdrew the article. The authors revised the study to address the errors and submitted to *Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology*, where the article was fully peer reviewed and accepted for publication by the editors. In the interests of providing our readers with full transparency on this issue we have provided the link to the withdrawal statement . Any differences between the original and the amended Results are not obvious. What **is** obvious is that the Western Blots are of the fabricated style favoured by a papermill. ![] , 
 This paper belongs to a set of over 400 papers (as per February 2020) that share very similar Western blots with tadpole-like shaped bands, the same background pattern, and striking similarities in title structures, paper layout, bar graph design, and - in a subset - flow cytometry panels. Despite these similarities, these papers are authored by researchers from different departments and institutes, with almost no overlap in authors. The list of these papers is available here: https: docs.google.com spreadsheets d 1KXqTAyl4j-jVorFPMD2XRpr76LcIKJ0CVyIvRj0exYQ edit?usp=sharing A more detailed description of this set of papers, suspected to all be generated by a common source, a paper mill , can be found here: * https: forbetterscience.com 2020 01 24 the-full-service-paper-mill-and-its-chinese-customers (January 2020) * https: scienceintegritydigest.com 2020 02 21 the-tadpole-paper-mill (February 2020) The same paper mill has been described in these papers: * Jana Christopher - Systematic fabrication of scientific images revealed - FEBS Letters (2018) - https: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com doi full 10.1002 1873-3468.13201 * Jennifer A Byrne and Jana Christopher - Digital magic, or the dark arts of the 21st centuryu2014how can journals and peer reviewers detect manuscripts and publications from paper mills? - FEBS Letters (2020) - https: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com doi full 10.1002 1873-3468.13747 ,