This Retraction follows an Expression of Concern relating to this article previously published by Portland Press.

This article is being retracted from Bioscience Reports at the request of the authors following receipt of a notification from a reader, alerting the authors to duplications in the E-cadherin and Vimentin western blots in Figure 2C.

The authors have been unable to replicate the results and wish to retract the article. The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board agree with the retraction.

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