We, the Publisher and Editor of Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, are issuing an Expression of Concern for the following article:
Chunyang Kang, Mingyang Kang, Yingying Han, Tuo Zhang, Wei Quan & Jian Gao (2019) 6-Gingerols (6G) reduces hypoxia-induced PC-12 cells apoptosis and autophagy through regulation of miR-103/BNIP3. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47:1, 1653–1661, DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2019.1606010
After the publication of this article, questions about the scientific integrity of the article content were brought to the Publisher and Editor’s attention. We reached out to the authors requesting that they supply information that would confirm the article’s integrity. At this time, we have not received any responses from the authors to our requests to provide their original data to confirm its authenticity. In particular, they have not responded to our request to provide full western blots, where the molecular weight markers are indicated. Therefore, as we continue to work through the issues raised, we advise readers to interpret the information presented in the article with due caution.
The authors have been notified about this Expression of Concern.