Jae Chul Lee1,2,3, Choong Ik Cha3, Dong-Sik Kim2, Soo Young Choe1. 1. Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. 2. Department of Surgery, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences and HBP Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 3. Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
J Pathol Transl Med 2015; 49(6): 472-480. http://dx.doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2015.09.11Editors, Journal of Pathology and Translational MedicineSeveral issues related to the authorship, research materials, and protocols have been raised with the above article published in the Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine (2015; 49: 472-80) [1]. The first author of the article has duely admitted that he is mainly responsible for the misconduct. Thus, the editors and publication board of the JPTM have decided to retract the article.