Chen W, Li Z, Wang Z, Gao H, Ding J, He Z. J Pain Res. 2020;13:3315–3329. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S283518
We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Journal of Pain Research, have retracted the published article.
After publication, concerns have been raised by a third party in 2025 about the integrity of the data in Figure 3B of the article.
Further investigation conducted by the Journal and Publisher confirmed unusual similarities present in the image panels representative of different treatment conditions in Figure 3B.
When approached for an explanation, the authors confirmed there are fundamental errors present in the article. Therefore, they have agreed to the retraction of this article. The authors apologise for this oversight.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.