The authors and the journal retract the article, ‘Pyrvinium Treatment Confers Hepatic Metabolic Benefits via β-Catenin Downregulation and AMPK Activation’ [].
Following publication, the authors contacted the journal’s Editorial Office regarding two sets of mistakenly duplicated figures: Figure 3E is a copy of Figure 3D, and the loading control of Figure 4D is a copy of Figure 5A’s loading control.
Adhering to the journal complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted. The authors were unable to locate the original gel image of Figure 4D’s loading control data. The authors, the Editorial Board, and the Editor-in-Chief have agreed that the findings are no longer reliable, and the article was therefore retracted.
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Pharmaceutics.
The authors agreed to this retraction.
Reference
- Zhou, S.; Obianom, O.N.; Huang, J.; Guo, D.; Yang, H.; Li, Q.; Shu, Y. RETRACTED: Pyrvinium Treatment Confers Hepatic Metabolic Benefits via β-Catenin Downregulation and AMPK Activation. Pharmaceutics 2021, 13, 330. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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