RETRACTION: Y. Wen, G. Liu, L. Jia, W. Ji, and H. Li, “MicroRNA‐141 Binds to the Nerve Growth Factor Receptor Associated Protein 1 Gene and Restores the Erectile Function of Diabetic Rats Through Down‐Regulating the Nerve Growth Factor/Neurotrophin Receptor P75 (NGF/p75NTR) Signaling,” Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 120, no. 5 (2019): 7940‐7951, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.28071.
The above article, published online on 13 November 2018 in Wiley Online Library (onlinelibrary. wiley. com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors; the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Lucie Kalvodova; and Wiley Periodicals LLC. Multiple third parties reported on PubPeer [1] that images in Figure 3B contained overlapping sections and that image elements in this article had been published in many different articles by different author groups. Further investigation by the publisher found additional instances of image duplication and manipulation. Many of the following articles have been retracted and others remain under investigation. Articles which share images, each presented in different experimental and scientific contexts, are listed as follows:
Hu et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.17673)
Zeng et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1042/bsr20170695)
Qiao et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19986)
J.‐Q. Zhang et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26270)
C. Wang et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26324)
H.‐B. Wang et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2017.05.105)
Wen et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1042/bsr20170711)
Y.‐J. Wang et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2017.09.022)
Xiao et al. 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26413)
Ma et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20170656)
Li et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.26574)
Lian et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26854)
Sun et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1159/000490136)
Ding et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.05.131)
Y. Wang et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1159/000491539)
Chen et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.3233/CBM‐170732)
M.‐J. Wang et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20180571)
S.‐B. Zhang et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1159/000493450)
Lin et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.27580)
Z. Zhang et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020‐018‐1810‐2)
X. Wang et al. 2019 (https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S217019)
Zhao et al. 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20191271)
YH. Zhang et al. 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinsp.2024.100428)
The retraction has been agreed to because the evidence of image and data duplication across many articles fundamentally compromises the editors’ confidence in the results presented in this article. The authors were informed of the retraction.
References
[1] Hoya camphorifolia and René Aquarius, Comments on “MicroRNA‐374b inhibits cervical cancer cell proliferation and induces apoptosis through the p38/ERK signaling pathway by binding to JAM‐2,” PubPeer, July 2022‐May 2026. https://pubpeer.com/publications/7CA2A7AD82D53DC43612EEDEFC0B4D