Retraction

Abstract

Retraction: "IL-6/STAT3 pathway intermediates M1/M2 macrophage polarization during the development of hepatocellular carcinoma," by Zi Yin, Tingting Ma, Ye Lin, Xin Lu, Chuanzhao Zhang, Sheng Chen, and Zhixiang Jian, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 9419-9432: The above article, published online on 17 July 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.27259), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The authors asked for a retraction and stated that unintentional errors occurred during the research process. Mistakes were found during figure compilation and duplications for this manuscript and so the conclusions of this manuscript are considered insufficiently supported. The authors apologize for these errors.