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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “MIR194-1”

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The source

Downregulation of p53-inducible microRNAs 192, 194, and 215 impairs the p53/MDM2 autoregulatory loop in multiple myeloma development

Flavia Pichiorri, Sung-Suk Suh, Alberto Rocci, Luciana De Luca et al.
Cancer Cell · published October 2010 · cited 369 times by other papers

Retracted Oct 27, 2022

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Where Wikipedia cites it

  1. MIR194-15 views a month · open since Nov 5
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