The article entitled “Silencing of Forkhead Box M1 Reverses Transforming Growth Factor-β1-Induced Invasion and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Endometriotic Epithelial Cells” [Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2019;84:485–94; DOI: 10.1159/000499625] by Jingjing Zhang, Zhiming Xu, Hongying Dai, Jing Zhao, Tingting Liu and Guiping Zhang has been retracted by the Publisher and the Editor.

After the publication of this article, image duplication was identified within Figure 1A, Figure 4B and Figure 5A. Image duplication was also identified between Figure 4A in this article and Figure 4C in a previously published article by another group [1].

The authors did not respond to requests to comment on the concerns within the given timeframe despite multiple attempts of contact. The matter has been raised to the corresponding author’s institution who did not respond to our request for an investigation. Given the severity of the concerns raised this article is being retracted.

The authors did not respond to correspondence about this retraction within the timeframe specified.

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Meng FD, Wei JC, Qu K, Wang ZX, Wu QF, Tai MH, Liu HC, Zhang RY, Liu C. FoxM1 overexpression promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 7;21(1):196–213. DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.196.