EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: L. Zhao, R. An, Y. Yang, X. Yang, H. Liu, L. Yue, X. Li, Y. Lin, R. J. Reiter, and Y. Qu, “Melatonin Alleviates Brain Injury in Mice Subjected to Cecal Ligation and Puncture via Attenuating Inflammation, Apoptosis, and Oxidative Stress: The Role of SIRT1 Signaling,” Journal of Pineal Research 59, no. 2 (2015): 230‐239, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12254 . This Expression of Concern is for the above article, published online on 10 June 2015 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), and has been issued by agreement between the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Gianluca Tosini; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party raised concerns that the AC‐Fox01 and Bax bands in Figure 3 were duplicated. An investigation by the publisher confirmed that the bands had been duplicated. The authors did not respond to an inquiry and request for original data by the publisher, and as such the data related to the concerns cannot be validated. This Expression of Concern has been published in order to inform and alert readers about the concerns in Figure 3. The authors were informed of this Expression of Concern.
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