Retraction.

Retraction: "Microrna-139-5p inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition and fibrosis in post-menopausal women with interstitial cystitis by targeting LPAR4 via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway," by Chen Jiang, Zhen Tong, Wei-Lin Fang, Qi-Bo Fu, Yin-Jun Gu, Ting-Ting Lv, Dong-Ming Liu, Wei Xue, Jian-Wei Lv, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 6429-6441: The above article, published online on 14 December 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcb.26610) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.