Retraction

Abstract

Retraction: "The promoting effect of MMP13 on mediating the development of HFLS-RA by the target of miR-19a through IL-17 signaling pathway," by Jiang Su, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhu and Yi Liu, J Cell Biochem. 2020; 4282-4294: The above article, published online on 21 January 2020 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.29609), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof.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, thus the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.