RETRACTED ARTICLE: LncRNA TUG1 protects against cardiomyocyte ischaemia reperfusion injury by inhibiting HMGB1

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We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:Hanyu Shi, Zhenhua Dong & Haiqing Gao (2019) LncRNA TUG1 protects against cardiomyocyte ischaemia reperfusion injury by inhibiting HMGB1. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47:1, 3511–3516, DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2018.1556214It has come to our attention that the full authorship list and affiliations for this manuscript were changed after the article was submitted. We have contacted the authors for an explanation, but we have not received a response within the requested timeframe. As determining authorship is core to the integrity of published work, we are therefore retracting the article. The authors listed in this publication have been sent notification.We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.