Retraction: The following article from The Journal of Physiology, ‘Exercise induces interleukin-8 expression in human skeletal muscle’, by Thorbjorn C. A. Akerstrom, Adam Steensberg, Pernille Keller, Charlotte Keller, Milena Penkowa and Bente Klarlund Pedersen, published in The Journal of Physiology 563(2): 507–516, and online ahead of print on 23 December 2004 (doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2004.077610), has been retracted by agreement between Thorbjorn C. A. Akerstrom, Adam Steensberg, Pernille Keller, Charlotte Keller, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, the Editor-in-Chief, David J. Paterson, and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The retraction has been agreed because:
Figure 2A (pre-exercise) and Fig. 2G (24 h time point) represent the same tissue sample but the sections presented have been moved slightly and the level of colouring of the tissue section modified;
Figure 2A is identical to Fig. 3D in the article ‘Interleukin-6 receptor expression in contracting human skeletal muscle: regulating role of IL-6’ by Keller P, Penkowa M, Keller C, Steensberg A, Fischer CP, Giralt M, Hidalgo J, Pedersen BK, FASEB Journal 19(9):1181–3.
We apologize to The Journal of Physiology for the inconvenience. We further apologize to our colleagues for any difficulties caused by the publication of this paper.
References
- Akerstrom T, Steensberg A, Keller P, Keller C, Penkowa M, Pedersen BK. Exercise induces interleukin-8 expression in human skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 2005;563:507–516. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.077610. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]
- Keller P, Penkowa M, Keller C, Steensberg A, Fischer CP, Giralt M, Hidalgo J, Pedersen BK. Interleukin-6 receptor expression in contracting human skeletal muscle: regulating role of IL-6. FASEB J. 2005;19:1181–1183. doi: 10.1096/fj.04-3278fje. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]