Te-Chun Hsia1,2, Mei-Chin Yin3,4. 1. Department of Respiratory Therapy, China Medical University, Taichung City 40402, Taiwan. derrick.hsia@msa.hinet.net. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40402, Taiwan. derrick.hsia@msa.hinet.net. 3. Department of Nutrition, China Medical University, 91, Hsueh-shih Rd., Taichung City 40402, Taiwan. mcyin@mail.cmu.edu.tw. 4. Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung City 41354, Taiwan. mcyin@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
The integrity of several Western blot bands in Figures 3 and 4 [1] has been called into question. As a result, the authors of this article have decided to retract it and will repeat the entire analysis, to be submitted as a new article. We apologize to readers of Nutrients for any inconvenience caused.Nutrients is a member of the committee on publication ethics (COPE) and takes the integrity of publications very seriously. In the interests of correcting the research literature, [1] will be marked as retracted.