At the request of the Journal Editor and SAGE Publishing, the following article has been retracted:
Wang X, Zhu Y, Zhou Q, Yan Y, Qu J, Ye H. Heat shock protein 70 expression protects against sepsis-associated cardiomyopathy by inhibiting autophagy. Human & Experimental Toxicology. 2021;40(5):735-741. doi:10.1177/0960327120965758
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