We, the authors, Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:
Lin Yang, Yanan Yu, Qi Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Cuiping Zhang, Tao Mao, Siliang Liu & Zibin Tian (2019) Anti-gastric cancer effect of Salidroside through elevating miR-99a expression. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47:1, 3500–3510, DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2019.1652626
Following the publication of the article in 2019, the authors alerted the Publisher in 2023 that their institution, The Academic Committee of Qingdao University, had investigated the article and found that the data the article was based upon was fundamentally flawed.
Upon further review, the Editor and Publisher identified additional concerns, and whilst the authors were able to supply some files, they were unable to provide the full data for review.
As this directly impacts the validity of the reported results and conclusions, the Editor, Publisher, and authors have all agreed to retract the article to ensure the integrity of the scholarly record.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.