We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Cell Cycle, have retracted the following article:
Qingzeng Qian, Xiangke Cao, Bin Wang, Xiaoliu Dong, Jian Pei, Ling Xue, and Fumin Feng. Endoplasmic reticulum stress potentiates the autophagy of alveolar macrophage to attenuate acute lung injury and airway inflammation. Cell Cycle. 2020;19(5):567-576. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2020.1718851.
Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors have been unable to address all the concerns raised and have not been able to provide all their original data, or sufficient supporting information. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.
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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.