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Zhou, Sj., Liu, Fy., Jiang, Yh. et al. Reply to ‘Comment on ‘MicroRNA-199b-5p attenuates TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma’’. Br J Cancer 118, 1030 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0031-z

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