Alireza Nasoori1, Behnam Pedram2, Zahra Kamyabi-Moghaddam3,4, Aram Mokarizadeh5, Hamid Pirasteh6, Amir Farshid Fayyaz7, Mohammad Barat Shooshtari8. 1. Biotechnology Research Center, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Venom and Toxin Unit, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Pathobiology, Susangerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Susangerd, Iran. 3. Department of Medicine II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU Muenchen, Munich, Germany. 4. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicines, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. 5. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. 6. Department of Nephrology, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 7. Department of Legal Medicine, AJA University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. 8. Biotechnology Research Center, Science and Technology Institute, Tehran, Iran. behzadshoshtary@gmail.com.
The Editor-in-Chief and Publisher have retracted this article [1] because the scientific integrity of the content cannot be guaranteed. An investigation by the Publisher found it to be one of a group of articles we have identified as showing evidence suggestive of attempts to subvert the peer review and publication system to inappropriately obtain or allocate authorship. This article showed evidence of peer review and authorship manipulation.