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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2026

[Retracted] Network pharmacology combined with experimental validation to investigate the effect of Rongjin Niantong Fang on chondrocyte apoptosis in knee osteoarthritis.

Jun Chen, Ting Zhang, Qingqing Luo, Ruyi Wang, Yuting Dai, Zhenyuan Chen, Chutian Zhang, Xuzheng Chen, Guangwen Wu

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jun ChenSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Ting ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Qingqing LuoKey Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Rehabilitation (Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Ruyi WangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Yuting DaiKey Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Rehabilitation (Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Zhenyuan ChenKey Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Rehabilitation (Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Chutian ZhangAcademy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Xuzheng ChenAcademy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.
Guangwen WuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following the publication of the above article, and a Corrigendum (doi: 10.3892/mmr.2025.13581) that was published to rectify errors associated with the published versions of Figs. 5, 8, 9 and 10, an interested reader contacted the Editorial Office to explain that they had identified additional issues in need of further investigation. Subsequently, the authors recognized that there were further problems associated with the manuscript requiring attention which arose while they were organizing materials related to this manuscript. To ensure the scientific integrity of the work, the authors have requested that this article now be retracted from the Journal. In view of these additional issues, the Editor of

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apoptosisknee osteoarthritisnetwork pharmacologyPARP1/AIF pathwayRongjin Niantong Fang

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