September 10, 2025Open Access

RETRACTION: Novel Oral Transforming Growth Factor‐β Signaling Inhibitor Potently Inhibits Postsurgical Adhesion Band Formation

Key Points

The study has been retracted due to significant data integrity concerns, undermining its conclusions.
Concerns were raised regarding multiple inconsistencies across figures, primarily affecting overall reliability.
Despite the authors' disagreement with the retraction, the editors lost confidence in the data's integrity.
Evidence presented by the authors failed to sufficiently address the concerns raised, leading to retraction.

Abstract

RETRACTION: A. Soleimani, F. Asgharzadeh, F. Rahmani, et al. “Novel Oral Transforming Growth Factor‐β Signaling Inhibitor Potently Inhibits Postsurgical Adhesion Band Formation.” Journal of Cellular Physiology 235, no. 5 (2019): 1349‐1357, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.29053 . The above article, published online on 17 July 2019 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Robert Heath; and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed due to concerns raised by the third party, which revealed multiple inconsistencies found in Figure 2(g) and Figure 4(a), and additional inconsistencies were found in Figure 1(d). The explanation and raw data provided by the authors could not sufficiently address these concerns. Overall, the editors have lost confidence in the integrity and reliability of the full body of data presented in the article and consider the conclusions of this manuscript substantially compromised. The authors disagree with the retraction.

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