Yujie Qiao1, Liping Liu2, Lianhong Yin1, Lina Xu1, Zeyao Tang1, Yan Qi1, Zhang Mao1, Yanyan Zhao1, Xiaodong Ma1, Jinyong Peng3,4,5. 1. College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Western 9 Lvshunnan Road, 116044, Dalian, China. 2. Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 116011, Dalian, China. 3. College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Western 9 Lvshunnan Road, 116044, Dalian, China. jinyongpeng2005@163.com. 4. Key Laboratory for Basic and Applied Research on Pharmacodynamic Substances of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Liaoning Province, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China. jinyongpeng2005@163.com. 5. National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Drug Development (R&D) of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China. jinyongpeng2005@163.com.
Retraction Note to: Cell Death & Disease 10.1038/s41419-019-1610-5 published online 16 May 2019The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article because concerns have been raised regarding some of the figures. An investigation by the College of Pharmacy Dalian Medical University has established that during the course of revision, the bands of ACOX1 and ACADL in rats were repeatedly pasted in Fig. 3C. In the Oil Red O staining result of NFK-49F cells treated with/without LPS + siFABP4 in Fig. 4E, and immunofluorescence result of α-SMA and COL1A expressions in NRK-49F cells treated without LPS + siFABP4 in Fig. 4D, incorrect photos were provided due to file placement confusion. While the institutional investigation has not found evidence of misconduct, the Editors-in-Chief have found that, due to the errors, the findings are no longer reliable. The authors all agree with this retraction.