RETRACTION: 3-Acetyl-11-Keto-β-Boswellic Acid Attenuated Oxidative Glutamate Toxicity in Neuron-like Cell Lines by Apoptosis Inhibition

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RETRACTION: A. Rajabian, H. R. Sadeghnia, A. Hosseini, S. H. Mousavi and M. T. Boroushaki, “3-Acetyl-11-Keto-β-Boswellic Acid Attenuated Oxidative Glutamate Toxicity in Neuron-like Cell Lines by Apoptosis Inhibition,” Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 121, no. 2 (2020): 1778-1789, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.29413.

The above article, published online on 23 October 2019 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed due to concerns regarding the suspected splicing of western blot bands presented in the Bax panel of Figure 5c. Furthermore, concerns were raised regarding the unexpected similarity of flow cytometry data representing different experiments shown in Figure 5A (Co-treatment with AKBA 2.5 µM panel) and Figure 5B (Glutamate 8 mM panel). Although the authors provided some supporting data, it was not sufficient to alleviate the concerns. As a result, the editors consider the results and conclusion reported in this article unreliable.