Retraction Note to: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2020) 43:439–450 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-019-01125-3

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article at the request of the authors. After publication, the authors became aware that the results of this study could not be reproduced. Additionally, the original data used in the article are no longer available.

Yushiao Tan has stated on behalf of all co-authors that they agree to this retraction.