Retraction Note to: Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry (2019) 75:573–583

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13105-019-00707-2

The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article following an investigation by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. The investigation found the data presented here has been either forged or tampered with. The Editors-in-Chief therefore no longer have confidence in the integrity of the data in this article.

None of the authors have responded to any correspondence from the Editor or Publisher about this retraction.