Expression of Concern: shRNA-mediated silencing of ZFX attenuated the proliferation of breast cancer cells

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The Editors-in-Chief would like to alert readers that there are some concerns related to this article [1]. Concern has been raised that there are textual and formatting similarities to this retracted article [2]. There are also concerns about the construction of experimental reagents in the methods, as well as in the phrases selected for reporting cell cycle influences. While we recognize that the overlap could result from recycling of language with similar experimental methodologies, particularly by authors whose first language is not English, we have not received any response from the authors regarding the above concerns. None of the authors have responded to correspondence about this Expression of Concern. Readers are advised to interpret the details of this article with caution. …