IJMM International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1107-3756 1791-244X D.A. Spandidos 10.3892/ijmm.2016.2693 ijmm-38-04-1312 Retraction Systemic delivery of synthetic microRNA-451 is an effective therapeutic strategy for the treatment of lung cancer LouBaisong ZhouXin 10 2016 29 07 2016 38 4 1312 1312 Copyright: © Lou et al. 2016 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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Following the publication of this article, an interested reader drew to our attention that Figs. 3B and 4B contained histological data which had previously been published in Figs. 3B and 4B, respectively, of the following article: Wiggins JF, Ruffino L, Kelnar K, Omotola M, Patrawala L, Brown D and Bader AG: Development of a lung cancer therapeutic based on the tumor suppressor microRNA-34. Cancer Res. 15: 5923–5930, 2010.

We have tried to contact the authors of the above paper on several occasions for comment, but without success; therefore, the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Molecular Medicine has taken the decision to retract this publication. We thank the reader for drawing this matter to our attention.