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Retraction Note: Umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells induce apoptosis in PC-3 prostate cancer cells through activation of JNK and downregulation of PI3K/AKT signaling

Stem Cell Research & Therapy volume 9, Article number: 354 (2018) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 16 April 2014

Retraction Note: Stem Cell Res Ther

https://doi.org/10.1186/scrt443

This article [1] has been retracted by the authors because, contrary to the statement in the article, ethical approval was not obtained to conduct this study. This has been confirmed by Kyung Hee University Research and Ethics Committee. All authors agree to this retraction.

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  1. Han I, Yun M, Kim E-O, Kim B, Jung M-H, Kim S-H. Umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells induce apoptosis in PC-3 prostate cancer cells through activation of JNK and downregulation of PI3K/AKT signaling. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2014;5:54.

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  1. Ihn Han and Miyong Yun contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Cancer Preventive Material Development Research Center, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, Republic of Korea

    Ihn Han, Miyong Yun, Eun-Ok Kim, Bonglee Kim & Sung-Hoon Kim

  2. School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 130-701, Republic of Korea

    Min-Hyung Jung

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Han, I., Yun, M., Kim, EO. et al. Retraction Note: Umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells induce apoptosis in PC-3 prostate cancer cells through activation of JNK and downregulation of PI3K/AKT signaling. Stem Cell Res Ther 9, 354 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-018-1113-9

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