The article ‘Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Signaling Pathway Inhibition Attenuates Air- way Inflammation and Remodeling in Rats with Asthma’ [Cellular Physiology and Biochem- istry 2018;47:1482-1496.https://doi.org/10.1159/000490865] by Zhe Cheng, Xi Wang, Ling- Ling Dai, Liu-Qun Jia, Xiao-Gang Jing, Ying Liu, Huan Wang, Peng-Fei Li, Lin An and Meng Liu has been retracted by the current and former Publishers and the Editor.
After the publication of this article, concerns were raised about the integrity of some of the data presented. Specifically, image duplication was identified within Figure 6A. Image duplication was identified between Figure 2A and previously published articles by other au- thor groups [1-3] and between Figure 2B and previously published articles by other author groups [3, 4]. Image duplication was also identified between Figure 2A and Figure 2B and a previously published article co-authored by Zhe Cheng, Xi Wang, Ling-Ling Dai, Xiao-Gang Jing, Huan Wang, Lin An and Meng Liu [5].
The authors did not respond to requests to comment on the concerns and provide the raw data within the given timeframe despite multiple attempts of contact. The matter has been raised to the corresponding author’s institution who did not respond to our request for an investigation. Given the severity of the concerns raised this article is being retracted.
The authors have not responded to our correspondence regarding this retraction de- spite multiple attempts of contact.
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