At the request of Sage Publishing and the Journal Editor, the following article has been retracted:
Yang W, Wang Z, Luo L, Yang P, Sun D, Gao B. Role of miR-27a in the regulation of cellular function via the inhibition of MAP2K4 in patients with asthma. Human & Experimental Toxicology. 2021;40(12_suppl):S77-S86. doi:10.1177/09603271211026738
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