Retraction: “Quercetin improve ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis in vitro and in vivo study via SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling”

Retraction: “Quercetin improve ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis in vitro and in vivo study via SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling”, by Jiayou Tang, Linhe Lu, Yang Liu, Jipeng Ma, Lifang Yang, Lanlan Li, Hong Guo, Shiqiang Yu, Jun Ren, Heping Bai, Jian Yang, J Cell Biochem. 2019; 120: 9747-9757: The above article, published online on 17 January 2019 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.28255) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC.

The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Furthermore, image elements in Figure 4 were found to have been previously published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid. The authors did not respond when asked to collaborate during the investigation and confirm the retraction.