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. 2011 Jan 6;8:1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-1

Inhibition of constitutively active Jak-Stat pathway suppresses cell growth of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-infected T-cell lines and primary adult T-cell leukemia cells

Mariko Tomita 1, Hirochika Kawakami 1, Jun-nosuke Uchihara 1,2, Taeko Okudaira 1,2, Masato Masuda 2, Takehiro Matsuda 1,3, Yuetsu Tanaka 4, Kazuiku Ohshiro 5, Naoki Mori 1,
PMCID: PMC3022809  PMID: 21210996

Retraction

The authors of this article [1] would like to retract it. It contains duplicated Tax and actin Western blotting images. These misrepresentations do not change the scientific conclusion of the paper. The first author, Mariko Tomita and last author, Naoki Mori, take full responsibility for the duplication and misrepresentation of the figures in this paper, state that none of the co-authors were involved in or aware of these events, and apologizes to the readers, reviewers and editors of Retrovirology for publishing these duplicated images.

Contributor Information

Mariko Tomita, Email: mtomita@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.

Hirochika Kawakami, Email: k018701@eve.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.

Jun-nosuke Uchihara, Email: juchi@mte.biglobe.ne.jp.

Taeko Okudaira, Email: taetae@k2.dion.ne.jp.

Masato Masuda, Email: mmasuda@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.

Takehiro Matsuda, Email: h037233@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.

Yuetsu Tanaka, Email: yuetsu@S4.dion.ne.jp.

Kazuiku Ohshiro, Email: kazuoo@ryukyu.ne.jp.

Naoki Mori, Email: n-mori@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.

References

  1. Tomita M, Kawakami H, Uchihara JN, Okudaira T, Masuda M, Matsuda T, Tanaka Y, Ohshiro K, Mori N. Inhibition of constitutively active Jak-Stat pathway suppresses cell growth of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-infected T-cell lines and primary adult T-cell leukemia cells. Retrovirology. 2006;3:22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-22. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]

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