Wang D, Cao H, Wang X, et al. J Inflamm Res. 2021;14:1283-1296.
The Editor and Publisher of Journal of Inflammation Research wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised regarding the alleged duplication of immunohistochemical images in Figure 6A. Specifically,
Figure 6A, HO-1, SIRT1flox/flox-CON MI/R, appears to have been duplicated with Figure 6A, HO-1, SIRT1flox/flox-SWIM MI/R.
The authors did respond to our queries and provided some data for their study; however, the data was not satisfactory and was unable to verify the validity of the reporting findings. The decision was made to retract the article and the authors were notified of this.
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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.