RETRACTION: Glycine Protects the Male Reproductive System Against Lead Toxicity Via Alleviating Oxidative Stress, Preventing Sperm Mitochondrial Impairment, Improving Kinematics of Sperm, and Blunting the Downregulation of Enzymes Involved in the Steroidogenesis.

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Environmental toxicology. Jul 12, 2026. Epub Jul 12, 2026.

Abstract

M.M. Ommati, H.N. Ahmadi, S. Sabouri, S. Retana-Marquez, N. Abdoli, S. Rashno, H. Niknahad, A. Jamshidzadeh, K. Mousavi, M. Rezaei, A. Akhlagh, N. Azarpira, F. Khodaei, and R. Heidari, "Glycine Protects the Male Reproductive System Against Lead Toxicity Via Alleviating Oxidative Stress, Preventing Sperm Mitochondrial Impairment, Improving Kinematics of Sperm, and Blunting the Downregulation of Enzymes Involved in the Steroidogenesis," Environmental Toxicology 37, no. 12 (2022): 2990-3006, https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.23654. The above article, published online on 11 September 2022 in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, April Rodd; and Wiley Periodicals LLC. Concerns were raised to the editor by a third party, and were also noted on PubPeer [1], regarding duplicated images in Figure 8. The authors provided their original images and supporting materials, but these were not sufficient to resolve the concerns. The authors were also unable to provide a satisfactory explanation. The retraction has been agreed upon because of concerns that portions of the figures were duplicated, affecting the interpretation of the data and results presented. As a result, the editor has lost confidence in the conclusions published. The authors have been notified of this decision. References [1] Elisabeth M Bik, "Glycine Protects the Male Reproductive System Against Lead Toxicity Via Alleviating Oxidative Stress, Preventing Sperm Mitochondrial Impairment, Improving Kinematics of Sperm, and Blunting the Downregulation of Enzymes Involved in the Steroidogenesis," PubPeer, 2025, https://pubpeer.com/publications/B908AE53A9A5053DAE038703945437.

PMID:
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