Yingmei Zhang1,2, Sara A Babcock2, Nan Hu2, Jacalyn R Maris2, Haichang Wang1, Jun Ren3,4. 1. Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China. 2. Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA. 3. Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China. jren@uwyo.edu. 4. Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA. jren@uwyo.edu.
Retraction Note: BMC Med 10, 40 (2012)https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-10-40The Chief Editor has retracted this article following an institutional investigation by the University of Wyoming due to concerns regarding data irregularities inconsistent with published conclusions.Specifically, the investigation found evidence of data irregularities and image reuse in Fig. 7K with previously published articles: Fig. 5 in [1], Fig. 9 in [2], Fig. 6 in [3] and Fig. 3 in [4].Author Sara Babcock agrees to this retraction. Authors Jun Ren and Yingmei Zhang do not agree to this retraction. Author Haichang Wang has not responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction. The editor was not able to obtain a current email address for Authors Nan Hu and Jacalyn Maris.
Authors: Heng Ma; Shi-Yan Li; Peisheng Xu; Sara A Babcock; E Kurt Dolence; Michael Brownlee; Ji Li; Jun Ren Journal: J Cell Mol Med Date: 2009-08 Impact factor: 5.310