RETRACTION: G. Cao, S. Gong, F. Zhang, and W. Fu, “Xiao Yao San against Corticosterone‐Induced Stress Injury via Upregulating Glucocorticoid Receptor Reaction Element Transcriptional Activity,” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, no. 2016 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/5850739.
The above article, published online on 16 October 2016 in Wiley Online Library (https://wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Otiophora multicaulis and Pothos tener on PubPeer [1], which identified several instances of overlapping features in multiple figures of the manuscript:
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Figure 1c: All images of the MAP‐2 immunopositive neurons contain overlapping features.
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Figure 2b: The cell cycle analysis graphs of the “Low” and “Medium” groups are unexpectedly similar.
As a result of the investigation, the data and conclusions of this article are considered unreliable.
The authors have been informed of this retraction but did not provide a response.
and Alternative Medicine, Evidence‐Based Complementary , RETRACTION: Xiao Yao San against Corticosterone‐Induced Stress Injury via Upregulating Glucocorticoid Receptor Reaction Element Transcriptional Activity, Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2026, 9780460, 1 page, 2026. 10.1155/ecam/9780460
References
- 1. Otiophora multicaulis and Pothos tener, Xiao Yao San against Corticosterone-Induced Stress Injury via Upregulating Glucocorticoid Receptor Reaction Element Transcriptional Activity, PubPeer. (June 2022) https://pubpeer.com/publications/D0C9EB1079802A68BAD87533955699. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]