[Retracted] Glycogen synthase kinase‑3β is required for epithelial‑mesenchymal transition and barrier dysfunction in mouse podocytes under high glucose conditions.

Following the publication of the above article, the authors regret to report that they have encountered some difficulties in reproducing the results presented in Figs. 1 and 4 in their subsequent studies. Therefore, they have requested that the article be retracted on account of a lack of confidence in the presented data. All the named authors and the Editor of Molecular Medicine Reports agree to this retraction. The authors regret any inconvenience that this may cause to the readership of the Journal. [the original article was published in Molecular Medicine Reports 14: 4091-4098, 2016; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5786].