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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2021

Retracted: Anticancer Activity of Metformin, an Antidiabetic Drug, Against Ovarian Cancer Cells Involves Inhibition of Cysteine-Rich 61 (Cyr61)/Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling Pathway.

Fengli Zhang, Huixiao Chen, Jing Du, Bin Wang, Lixiao Yang

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Fengli ZhangInfertility Center, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland).
Huixiao ChenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China (mainland).
Jing DuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China (mainland).
Bin WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China (mainland).
Lixiao YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China (mainland).

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An editorial decision has been made to retract this manuscript due to breach of publishing guidelines, following the identification of non-original and manipulated figures. Reference: Fengli Zhang, Huixiao Chen, Jing Du, Bin Wang, Lixiao Yang: Anticancer Activity of Metformin, an Antidiabetic Drug, Against Ovarian Cancer Cells Involves Inhibition of Cysteine-Rich 61 (Cyr61)/Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling Pathway. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24: 6093-6101. 10.12659/MSM.909745.

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PMCPMC8009266

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