Retraction: Citius,Altius, Fortius. J. Lange,G. Vriend. Proteins: Structure,Function, and Bioinformatics. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.12345

The above article, published online on 12 June 2020 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief Dr. Nikolay Dokholyan, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The above article is a humorous editorial contribution surrounding a specialized topic, and was not intended for full online publication as part of the journal's scholarly content. Due to an editorial mistake, the above article was published online in Early View. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. takes full responsibility for the erroneous publication of this article.     

Retraction: “MiR-137 functions as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer by targeting MRGBP”

Retraction: “MiR-137 functions as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer by targeting MRGBP” by Feng Ding, Shuang Zhang, Shaoyang Gao, Jian Shang, Yanxia Li, Ning Cui, and Qiu Zhao, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 4799-4807: The above article, published online on 13 January 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26676 ) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed after the authors stated that errors occurred during figure compilation, and that the experimental data in the article could not be verified. The investigation additionally revealed inconsistencies in several image elements. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.     

Retracted: Mitochondria,the missing link between body and soul: Proteomic prospective evidence

Retraction: The following article from the journal PROTEOMICS, 'Mitochondria, the missing link between body and soul: Proteomic perspective evidence' by Mohamad Warda and Jin Han, published online on 23 January 2008 in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Michael J. Dunn and the publisher Wiley‐VCH. The retraction has been agreed due a substantial overlap of the content of this article with previously published articles in other journals. PROTEOMICS apologizes to our readership.     

Retracted: Production,biochemical characterization,and kinetic/thermodynamic study of novel serine protease from Aspergillus avenaceus URM 6706

“Production, biochemical characterization, and kinetic/thermodynamic study of novel serine protease from Aspergillus avenaceus URM 6706“ (by da Silva A, et al.) Bio. Tech. Prog.; https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/btpr.3091 The above listed article, from Biotechnology Progress, published online in Early View on October 16, 2020 in Wiley Online Library ( http://wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, John A. Morgan and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed because the article was not accepted for publication by the Journal and subsequently published in error as an Early View article. The editorial team of this journal takes full responsibility and apologizes for the technical error that resulted in this article appearing in Early View.     

RETRACTED: Liver conversion of docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acids from their 18-carbon precursors in rats on a DHA-free but α-LNA-containing n−3 PUFA adequate diet

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).This article has been retracted at the request of the authors. An investigation conducted by the National Institutes of Health found that the author Dr. Fei Gao engaged in research misconduct by fabricating and/or falsifying data in Figures 2-4 and Table 2. Therefore Dr Gao's co-authors requested full retraction. Please note that none of the other authors were implicated in any way.     

Retracted: Partial purification and characterization of lipase from locally produced edible oil-seeds and its relevance in industries

“Partial purification and characterization of lipase from locally produced edible oil-seeds and its relevance in industries” (Akhter K, Nazir N, Faheem A, Ghous T, Andleeb S, Kiani HA, Rasheed A. Bio. Tech. Prog.; https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.3092 ) The above listed article, from Biotechnology Progress, published online in Early View on October 14, 2020 in Wiley Online Library ( http://wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor-in-Chief, John A. Morgan and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed because the article was not accepted for publication by the Journal and subsequently published in error as an Early View article. The editorial team of this journal takes full responsibility and apologizes for the technical error that resulted in this article appearing in Early View.     

Retracted: Role of α7‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in human non‐small cell lung cancer proliferation

The above article from Cell Proliferation, published online on 18 November 2008 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), and in Volume 41, pp. 936‐959, has been retracted by agreement between the Editor in Chief, Dr Catherine Sarraf, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed upon following the recent confirmation regarding an internal investigation that was conducted by the Institutional Office for Research Integrity (UIR) at the National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova, Italy, in 2009, which found evidence of fabricated/duplicated data within the article.     

Retracted: Cav1.3 is upregulated in osteoporosis rat model and promotes osteoclast differentiation from preosteoclast cell line RAW264.7

Retraction: ‘Cav1.3 is upregulated in osteoporosis rat model and promotes osteoclast differentiation from preosteoclast cell line RAW264.7' , by Ping Fan, Nan Hu, Xiuyuan Feng, Yining Sun, Dan Pu, Xiaohong Lv, Zhiming Hao, Yang Li, Wujun Xue, Lan He, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 12821–12827: The above article, published online on 11 February 2019 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcp.27937 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed after the authors asked to replace all the figures. The authors confirmed that the original figures are flawed but did not provide original raw files. An investigation revealed several duplications in figures 2, 3, and 4. Accordingly, the conclusions of this article are considered invalid.     

Retracted: Ailanthone exerts an antitumor function on the development of human lung cancer by upregulating microRNA-195

Retraction: ‘ Ailanthone exerts an antitumor function on the development of human lung cancer by upregulating microRNA-195 ’, by Shizhen Hou, Ziming Cheng, Wenling Wang, Xiangdong Wang, Yubing Wu, J Cell Biochem. 2019; 10444-10451: The above article, published online on 19 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.28329 ), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. 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, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid. The authors collaborated in the investigation initially, but were not available for a final confirmation of the retraction.     

Retraction

Retraction : “MicroRNA-1271 functions as a potential tumor suppressor in hepatitis B virus–associated hepatocellular carcinoma through the AMPK signaling pathway by binding to CCNA1 ” by Yang Chen, Zhen-Xian Zhao, Fei Huang, Xiao-Wei Yuan, Liang Deng, and Di Tang, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 3555-3569: The above article, published online on 22 November 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.26955 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, Prof Dr Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party concerning similarities to images in a published article by different authors in another journal. The authors asked to retract their article and stated that unintentional errors occurred during the collation of the figures for publication. As a consequence, the editors consider the conclusions to be invalid.     

Retraction statement: The protective effects of propofol against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury are potentiated by norisoboldine treatment via inhibition of oxidative stress pathways

The following article, published online on 31 October 2021 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Hari Bhat, and Wiley Periodicals, LLC. Following publication, concerns were raised by authors regarding Figure 2. The retraction has been agreed because of concerns that the figures were duplicated and/or manipulated, affecting the interpretation of the data and results presented.     

Retracted: Terbium-sensitized fluorescence method for the determination of dopamine in biological fluids and tablet formulation

The following article from Luminescence, Terbium‐sensitized fluorescence method for the determination of dopamine in biological fluids and tablet formulation by Vahid Shahinfard, Ali Ehsani, Vahid Panahi‐Azar, Negar Kabir Yousefi and Morteza Salek Jalali, published online on 12th January 2012 in Wiley Online Library ( www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Professor L. J. Kricka and Wiley‐Blackwell. The retraction has been agreed due to data in the article is not being reproducible. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Retraction Statement: Comparative molecular docking and molecular-dynamic simulation of wild-type- and mutant carboxylesterase with BTA-hydrolase for enhanced binding to plastic

Retraction: ‘Comparative molecular docking and molecular-dynamic simulation of wild-type- and mutant carboxylesterase with BTA-hydrolase for enhanced binding to plastic ’, by Fatana Lameh, Abdul Qadeer Baseer, and Abubakar Garba Ashiru, Eng Life Sci. 2021; 13-29: The above article, published online on 15 November 2021 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.202100083 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editors in Chief, Prof. Dr. Ralf Takors and Prof. Dr. An-Ping Zeng, and Wiley-VCH GmbH. The retraction has been agreed because the copyright owner, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, does not consent to publication of the research.