# RETRACTION: Analysis of Curative Effect of Insulin External Application on Burn Wounds of Diabetic Patients With Different Depths

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70558 · International Wound Journal · 2025-04-18

## TL;DR

This retracted study claimed to analyze insulin's effect on burn wounds in diabetic patients but was found to have a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalid due to a fraudulent peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's conclusions cannot be trusted.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

YangM.
, 
LiC.
, 
XueX.
, 
WeiW.
, 
XingL.
, 
FengJ.
, and 
ZhangQ.
, “Analysis of Curative Effect of Insulin External Application on Burn Wounds of Diabetic Patients With Different Depths,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 5 (2023): 1393–1401, 10.1111/iwj.13987.36336969
PMC10088841

The above article, published online on 06 November 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** INS (insulin) [NCBI Gene 3630] {aka IDDM, IDDM1, IDDM2, ILPR, IRDN, MODY10}
- **Diseases:** Burn Wounds (MESH:D014947), Diabetic (MESH:D003920)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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