Retraction Statement
The article
“Salidroside Protection Against Oxidative Stress Injury Through the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling
Pathway in Rats with Parkinson's Disease”
[Cell Physiol Biochem 2018;46:1793-1806. DOI: 10.1159/000489365]
by Dong-Mei Wu, Xin-Rui Han, Xin Wen, Shan Wang, Shao-Hua Fan, Juan Zhuang, Yong-Jian
Wang, Zi-Feng Zhang, Meng-Qiu Li, Bin Hu, Qun Shan, Chun-Hui Sun, Jun Lu, and Yuan-Lin
Zheng
has been retracted by the current and former Publishers and the Editor.
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the images presented in Figures 2C,
2D, and 5B. When contacted, the authors informed us that the experiments associated with
these figures were performed by a third party and the original data has been lost. The findings
presented in the figures cannot be verified to address the concerns raised and, therefore, the
article is being retracted.
In response to the notice of the intention to retract the article, authors Shao-Hua Fan, Yong-
Jian Wang, Zi-Feng Zhang, Meng-Qiu Li, Bin Hu, Qun Shan and Yuan-Lin Zheng stated that
they were listed as authors of this article without prior notice and knowledge. They state that
the article was not approved by them before submission and publication and they did not
participate in research work related to the article. In response to the notice of the intention
to retract the article Dong-Mei Wu acknowledged the notice of retraction and stated that
all their work related to this article was carried out under the arrangement of Prof. Yuan-Lin
Zheng. The remaining co-authors have not responded to our correspondence regarding this
retraction despite multiple attempts of contact.