The former and current Publishers and Editors are jointly issuing an Expression of Concern on the article entitled

“Schizandrin A Alleviates LPS-Induced Injury in Human Keratinocyte Cell Hacat Through a MicroRNA-127-Dependent Regulation”
[Cell Physiol Biochem 2018;49:2229-2239. DOI: 10.1159/000493826]
by Shujie Li, Ruijin Xie, Chengrui Jiang and Mei Liu.

After the publication of this article, concerns were raised about the integrity of some of the data presented. The authors responded to our request for the raw data but did not provide the complete dataset. The authors were unresponsive to follow-up correspondence within the given timeframe. The matter has been raised to the corresponding author's institution who has not responded to our correspondence. Readers should thus interpret the data presented in the article with caution. Appropriate editorial action will be taken once the investigation is concluded.