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. 2026 Apr 17;17:188. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.28849

Retraction: Sodium fluoride induces apoptosis in mouse splenocytes by activating ROS-dependent NF-κB signaling

Huidan Deng 1,*, Ping Kuang 1,*, Hengmin Cui 1,2,✉, Qin Luo 1, Huan Liu 1, Yujiao Lu 1, Jing Fang 1,2, Zhicai Zuo 1,2, Junliang Deng 1,2, Yinglun Li 1,2, Xun Wang 1,2, Ling Zhao 1,2
PMCID: PMC13105813  PMID: 42024881

This article has been retracted: Oncotarget has concluded its investigation into this paper following a retraction request from the author Dr. Huidan Deng. The authors lost confidence in the data presented in Figure 1, as it was acquired by outsourcing to a third-party company that is now untraceable and whose data has been reported as untrustworthy. Additionally, they were unable to find the original data for the b-actin image used in Figure 7B of this article, which is the same as the b-actin image in Figure 13A of an earlier 2016 publication from the same group [1].

Dr. Huidan Deng from Sichuan Agricultural University, formally requested the retraction of the manuscript due to these issues and an Editorial decision has been made to retract the article. All co-authors agreed to the retraction, and a signed institutional letter was provided.

Original article: Oncotarget. 2017; 8:114428–114441. 114428-114441. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.22826

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  • 1.Deng H, Kuang P, Cui H, Chen L, Fang J, Zuo Z, Deng J, Wang X, Zhao L. Sodium fluoride induces apoptosis in cultured splenic lymphocytes from mice. Oncotarget. 2016; 7:67880–900. 10.18632/oncotarget.12081. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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