The article entitled

“High Uric Acid Inhibits Cardiomyocyte Viability Through the ERK/P38 Pathway via Oxidative Stress” [Cell Physiol Biochem 2018;45:1156-1164. DOI: 10.1159/000487356]
by Zhi Li, Yang Shen, Yingqun Chen, Guokai Zhang, Jidong Cheng, and Wei Wang

has been retracted by the current Publisher and the Editor at the request of the authors.

After checking their paper and its data thoroughly again, the authors have found errors in the raw data, which at the moment cannot be corrected. For scientific rigor, all authors have unanimously decided to retract the article and re-verify the experimental protocol.