Retraction

Abstract

Retraction: "Knockdown of lncRNA MEG3 inhibits viability, migration, and invasion and promotes apoptosis by sponging miR-127 in osteosarcoma cell," by Yang Wang, Daliang Kong, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 669-679: The above article, published online on 21 June 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcb.26230) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid. The authors collaborated in the investigation initially, but were not available for a final confirmation of the retraction.