Retraction to artesunate induces apoptosis and inhibits the proliferation, stemness, and tumorigenesis of leukemia
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Retraction to artesunate induces apoptosis and inhibits the proliferation, stemness, and tumorigenesis of leukemia

Shengmei Chen, Silin Gan, Lijie Han, Xue Li, Xiaoqing Xie, Dianbin Zou, Hui Sun

Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

Correspondence to: Hui Sun. Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Dong Lu, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, China. Email: linwei511354@yeah.net.

Submitted Jun 19, 2022. Accepted for publication Aug 25, 2022.

doi: 10.21037/atm-2022-29


Retraction to: Ann Transl Med 2020;8:767

The paper “Artesunate induces apoptosis and inhibits the proliferation, stemness, and tumorigenesis of leukemia” (doi: 10.21037/atm-20-4558) published in Annals of Translational Medicine in Vol 8, No 12 (June 2020) (1) needs to be retracted, as Xiaoqing Xie, the co-author has objection over its publication. We failed to inform Xiaoqing Xie the publication of the mentioned article because of changed contact information. Now we need to retract the paper as Xiaoqing Xie objects its publication. All authors agree with the retraction of the paper. We hereby declare.


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References

  1. Chen S, Gan S, Han L, et al. Artesunate induces apoptosis and inhibits the proliferation, stemness, and tumorigenesis of leukemia. Ann Transl Med 2020;8:767. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Cite this article as: Chen S, Gan S, Han L, Li X, Xie X, Zou D, Sun H. Retraction to artesunate induces apoptosis and inhibits the proliferation, stemness, and tumorigenesis of leukemia. Ann Transl Med 2022;10(19):1079. doi: 10.21037/atm-2022-29

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