Retraction

Retraction: "RNA interference-mediated silencing of S100B improves nerve function recovery and inhibits hippocampal cell apoptosis in rat models of ischemic stroke," by Jin-Hua Zhang, Jiang-Kun Li, Li-Li Ma, Ji-Yu Lou, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 8095-8111: The above article, published online on 31 January 2018 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcb.26747) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.