The former and current Publisher and Editor are issuing an Expression of Concern on the article titled “miR-155-5p is Negatively Associated with Acute Pancreatitis and Inversely Regulates Pancreatic Acinar Cell Progression by Targeting Rela and Traf3” [Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry (2018) 51:1584-1599. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495648] by Sulai Liu, Honglian Zou, Yonggang Wang, Xiaohui Duan, Chen Chen,Wei Cheng, Le Wang, Ning Ning, Hongying Tang, Meifu Chen, Xianhai Mao, Chuang Peng, Hao Li, Yu Jiang, Bo Jiang.
After publication of this article, concerns were raised about the data presented in Figure 5B and Figure 6C. The authors did not respond to our correspondence within the given timeframe. Readers should thus interpret the data presented in the article with caution. Appropriate editorial action will be taken once the investigation is concluded.