We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:
Xiabo Chen, Renxiong Wei, Tinglong Jin & Hanguang Du (2019) Notoginsenoside R1 alleviates TNF-α-induced pancreatic β-cell Min6 apoptosis and dysfunction through up-regulation of miR-29a. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47:1, 2379–2388, DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2019.1624368
Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors checked their data and confirmed there are fundamental errors present. Therefore, they have agreed to the retraction of this article. The authors apologise for this oversight.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.