title: RETRACTED: Ghrelin protects infarcted myocardium by induction of autophagy and AMP-activated protein kinase pathway.
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  This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. It contains LM images in figure 2E, which were originally published in Nat. Comm. 6/2015, p. 1-14  (http://doi:10.1038/ncomms8388). Permission to reproduce this figure was not requested nor granted by the authors of the original article for its re-use.
  
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authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Jiefang Road 238, Wuchang, 430060, Wuhan, PR China. Electronic address: yuanmj8341@163.com.
authors.forename: Ming-Jie
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Jiefang Road 238, Wuchang, 430060, Wuhan, PR China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, MR5 Building, Room 1332, 415 Lane RD, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Jiefang Road 238, Wuchang, 430060, Wuhan, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Jiefang Road 238, Wuchang, 430060, Wuhan, PR China.
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, MR5 Building, Room 1332, 415 Lane RD, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
authors.forename: Taneen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maghsoudi
keywords: Autophagy; Cardiac function; Ghrelin; Myocardial infarction; Signal pathway