Retraction: E. adenophorum Induces Cell Cycle and Apoptosis of Renal Cells through Mitochondrial Pathway and Caspase Activation in Saanen Goat

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Following the publication of this article [1], concerns have been raised about Fig 2-6. Specifically:

In addition to the above concerns, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approval number cited in this article (DKY-B20100805) has also been cited in multiple other articles that PLOS is aware of by different authors, published between 2012 and 2019 in [4–12], which report different research objectives in different species of animals.

The Fig 5C Cytoplasm Cyt c panel in [1] appears similar to content previously published in [2] (retracted in [3]) under a CC BY-NC 3.0 license. The reused content was modified. The Fig 5C Cytoplasm Cyt c panel in [1] is subject to the license that applies to the original article.

The authors did not respond to queries about these concerns. In the absence of underlying data, the above issues remain unresolved.

In light of the above unresolved concerns that question the reliability and integrity of these results, the PLOS One Editors retract this article [1].

All authors either did not respond directly or could not be reached.