title: RETRACTED: MicroRNA-138 modulates metastasis and EMT in breast cancer cells by targeting vimentin.
abstract: This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).
  
  This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
  
  Concerns were raised in the public domain and also reported by the authors to the journal regarding the similarity between panels from Figures 3A and 4C. In addition to the institutional investigation, the journal requested the authors to provide the raw data. However, the authors have not fulfilled this request, and therefore the Editor-in-Chief decided to retract the article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China; Key Laboratory of Tumor Stem Cell Research of Liaoning Province, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tumor Stem Cell Research of Liaoning Province, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Chunying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tumor Stem Cell Research of Liaoning Province, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tumor Stem Cell Research of Liaoning Province, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Jiazhi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Qingqing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tumor Stem Cell Research of Liaoning Province, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China; Key Laboratory of Tumor Stem Cell Research of Liaoning Province, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China. Electronic address: lilianhong0299@163.com.
authors.forename: Lianhong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D015820:Cadherins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement; D015536:Down-Regulation; D058750:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D015854:Up-Regulation; D014746:Vimentin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; C546110:MIRN138 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs; D014746:Vimentin
keywords: EMT; Metastasis; MicroRNA-138; Vimentin