RETRACTION : X. Yan , P. Xu , L. Zhou , J. Lu , H. Tang , Y. Zheng and H. Cao , “,” IUBMB Life 72 , no. ( 2020 ): 931 – 941 , https://doi.org/10.1002/iub.2226 . The above article, published online on 07 January 2020 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Efstathios S. Gonos; the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed upon due to identified overlaps within the cell sections of the db/db panel in Figure 3b, as well as between the curcumin treated HMGB and PP65 panels in Figure 5b. Furthermore, elements of Figure 3b were previously published in other articles authored by different research groups. The authors did not respond to requests for comment and supporting data. As a result, the editors deem the article's results and conclusions unreliable and invalid. The authors did not respond to our notice of retraction.
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