Retraction

'Long Non-Coding RNA XIST Promotes Osteosarcoma Progression by Targeting YAP via miR-195-5p', by Chao Yang, Ke Wu, Shan Wang and Guanghui Wei, J Cell Biochem. 2018 Jul;119(7):5646-5656. The above article, published online on 31 January 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.26743), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The authors have retracted this article following concerns raised by a third party. The authors have admitted similarity to other publications and improper usage of images in Figure 1G. Due to loss of original data, the validity of the overall study could not be confirmed. All the authors agree with the retraction.