title: RETRACTED: Thyroid hormone is a MAPK-dependent growth factor for thyroid cancer cells and is anti-apoptotic.
abstract: This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).
  
  This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
  
  Steroids has retracted this article because of image duplication.
  
  Aspects of the image in Figure 7B of this article have been confirmed to be a duplicate of an image (labelled Figure 8B) which appeared in an article titled: ‘Resveratrol Induces Apoptosis in Thyroid Cancer Cell Lines via a MAPK- and p53-Dependent Mechanism’, published in JCEM, Volume 87, Issue 3, 1 March 2002, pages 1223-1232, https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem.87.3.8345.
  
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authors.affiliation: Research Service, Stratton VA Medical Center, United States. hlin@ordwayresearch.org <hlin@ordwayresearch.org>
authors.forename: Hung-Yun
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Heng-Yuan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Faith B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D013974:Thyroxine