This article has been retracted: The journal’s investigation was initiated following a retraction request from the corresponding author Chenghai Wang. The stated reason for this request was “misquoted a fund (Chinese National Nature Science Foundation, No. 81471547).” Our investigation by the Scientific Integrity office identified further concerns:
Image forensics analysis found image manipulations, including blurring and splicing, in the Western blot (WB) images presented in Figure 6D.
The WB images used in Figure 4D were reused from Figure 6D of a paper published in Aging in 2020 [1], which shares one co-author, Chenghai Wang.
The Scientific Integrity office attempted to contact the authors regarding these concerns but did not receive a reply. The editorial decision was made to retract the article, and the authors were notified of this decision.
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