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September 30, 2025Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine1 citationsOpen Access

RETRACTION: Astragaloside IV Ameliorates Fat Metabolism in the Liver of Ageing Mice Through Targeting Mitochondrial Activity

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Key Points

  • Results and conclusions of the study on astragaloside IV are deemed unreliable due to data duplication.
  • Figures 3A and 4B exhibited duplicated western blot bands, raising significant integrity concerns.
  • The investigation confirmed that supporting data did not match the published figures after authors provided explanations.
  • The editors agreed on the retraction following third-party concerns, despite authors' disagreement.

Abstract

RETRACTION: Z. Luo , Y. Wang , M. Xue , F. Xia , L. Zhu , Y. Li , D. Jia , S. Chen , G. Xu and Y. Lei , “,” Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 25 , no. ( 2021 ): 8863 – 8876 , https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.16847 . The above article, published online on 17 August 2021 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Stefan N. Constantinescu; the Foundation for Cellular and Molecular Medicine; and John Wiley however, it did not correspond to the published figures. Given the nature of the concerns, the editors consider the results and conclusions of this article to be unreliable. The authors disagree with the retraction.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68db4105b4a4d9ad2f982ef9https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.70876
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