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Statement of RetractionWe, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Cell Cycle, have retracted the following article: Yan-Ping Zhang, Kai-Long Liu, Zhan Yang, Bao-Sai Lu, Jin-Chun Qi, Zhen-Wei Han, Yue-Wei Yin, Ming Zhang, De-Min Chen, Xiao-Wei Wang, Wei Li and Hong Xin. The involvement of FBP1 in prostate cancer cell epithelial mesenchymal transition, invasion and metastasis by regulating the MAPK signaling pathway. Cell Cycle. 2019;18(19):2432-2446. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1648956Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors have been unable to address the concerns raised and have not been able to provide their original data. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed. The authors do not agree with the retraction.We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’