Retraction: Sodium fluoride induces apoptosis in mouse splenocytes by activating ROS-dependent NF-κB signaling

Huidan Deng¹,^*, Ping Kuang¹,^*, Hengmin Cui¹,², Qin Luo¹, Huan Liu¹, Yujiao Lu¹, Jing Fang¹,², Zhicai Zuo¹,², Junliang Deng¹,², Yinglun Li¹,², Xun Wang¹,², Ling Zhao¹,²

¹College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
²Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
^* These authors contributed equally to this work

Published: April 17, 2026

This article has been retracted:Oncotarget has concluded its investigation into this paper following a retraction request from the author Dr. Huidan Deng. The authors lost confidence in the data presented in Figure 1, as it was acquired by outsourcing to a third-party company that is now untraceable and whose data has been reported as untrustworthy. Additionally, they were unable to find the original data for the b-actin image used in Figure 7B of this article, which is the same as the b-actin image in Figure 13A of an earlier 2016 publication from the same group [1].

Dr. Huidan Deng from Sichuan Agricultural University, formally requested the retraction of the manuscript due to these issues and an Editorial decision has been made to retract the article. All co-authors agreed to the retraction, and a signed institutional letter was provided.

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1. Deng H, Kuang P, Cui H, Chen L, Fang J, Zuo Z, Deng J, Wang X, Zhao L. Sodium fluoride induces apoptosis in cultured splenic lymphocytes from mice. Oncotarget. 2016; 7:67880–900. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.12081. [PubMed].

Original article: Oncotarget. 2017; 8:114428-114441. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.22826.