Retraction Note to: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (2022) 477:1107–1112 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-022-04367-7


The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article after an investigation by the publisher found evidence of attempts to subvert the peer-review process. The authors did not respond to requests to clarify or to provide evidence that ethics approval had been obtained for this study. The Editor has been unable to establish the current email address for Yangming Zhuang. Ming Li has not responded to any correspondence from the Editor about this retraction.