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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “GREB1”
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The source
GREB1 functions as a growth promoter and is modulated by IL6/STAT3 in breast cancer
Mingli Liu, Guangdi Wang, Carmen R Gomez-Fernandez, Shanchun Guo
PLoS One · published October 2012 · cited 22 times by other papers
Retracted Jul 15, 2014
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Where Wikipedia cites it
- GREB115 views a month · open since Nov 5Zombie
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- FoundFound on GREB1: the citation is live and nothing near it mentions the retraction.
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