RETRACTION: Diosmetin Exerts Cardioprotective Effect on Myocardial Ischaemia Injury in Neonatal Rats by Decreasing Oxidative Stress and Myocardial Apoptosis

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RETRACTION: G. Mo, Y. He, X. Zhang, X. Lei and Q. Luo, “ Diosmetin Exerts Cardioprotective Effect on Myocardial Ischaemia Injury in Neonatal Rats by Decreasing Oxidative Stress and Myocardial Apoptosis,” Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 47, no. 10 (2020): 1713–1722, https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1681.13309.

The above article, published online on 27 March 2020 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors; the journal Editor-in-Chief, Yang Yang; and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. Following publication, the authors notified the journal of significant issues affecting the validity and integrity of their findings. They acknowledged that several data points for oxidative stress markers and myocardial apoptosis levels were inconsistent with the original laboratory records. Following our own analysis, further concerns were identified. Specifically, the actin bands shown in the western blot in Figure 1D and the P65, p-P65, and p-AKT bands in Figure 5A were found to be duplicated in other articles. The authors did not respond to our requests for comments on these additional issues. The editors have deemed the results and conclusions of this article invalid.