Retraction Note: Glycyrrhizic acid ameliorates submandibular gland oxidative stress, autophagy and vascular dysfunction in rat model of type 1 diabetes

Retraction of: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-021-04594-w, published online 14 January 2022

The Editors have retracted this Article.

After publication, concerns were raised regarding repetitive features in the images presented in Fig. 4C, 5A, B and D. The Authors have shared the raw data for validation; however, the Publisher has found notable differences between the raw data and published images. The Editors therefore no longer have confidence in the presented data.

Nehal M. Elsherbiny and Amira M. Elsherbini do not agree to this retraction. Saad Mohamed Asseri, Iman O. Sherif and Nadia M. Maysarahnot have not responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction. The publisher has not been able to obtain current email addresses for Mohamed El-Sherbiny and Alsamman M. Alsamman.