RETRACTED: Thyroid hormone is a MAPK-dependent growth factor for thyroid cancer cells and is anti-apoptotic

Steroids. 2007 Feb;72(2):180-7. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2006.11.014. Epub 2006 Dec 15.

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Steroids has retracted this article because of image duplication. Aspects of the image in Figure 7B of this article have been confirmed to be a duplicate of an image (labelled Figure 8B) which appeared in an article titled: ‘Resveratrol Induces Apoptosis in Thyroid Cancer Cell Lines via a MAPK- and p53-Dependent Mechanism’, published in JCEM, Volume 87, Issue 3, 1 March 2002, pages 1223-1232, https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem.87.3.8345. Steroids can not confirm the authenticity of the image provided in this manuscript.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis / physiology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Growth Substances / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / physiology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / enzymology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Thyroxine / metabolism*
  • Triiodothyronine / metabolism*

Substances

  • Growth Substances
  • Triiodothyronine
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Thyroxine