IMMUNOLOGY Retraction for “The cytokine interleukin-33 mediates anaphylactic shock,” by Peter N. Pushparaj, Hwee Kee Tay, Shiau Chen H'ng, Nick Pitman, Damo Xu, Andrew McKenzie, Foo Y. Liew, and Alirio J. Melendez, which appeared in issue 24, June 16, 2009, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (106:9773–9778; first published June 8, 2009; 10.1073/pnas.0901206106).
The undersigned authors wish to note the following: “The panels in Fig. 2B1 and 2D3 are identical and used in a later paper (1), now retracted. The panels in Fig. 3E4 and 3E9 are used in two later publications, one that has been retracted (2) and one that has an expression of concern (3). Although we believe the overall message of the paper is correct, we can no longer consider the findings to be reliable. Accordingly, we wish to retract the paper. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to other investigators.”
Peter N. Pushparaj
Hwee Kee Tay
Shiau Chen H'ng
Nick Pitman
Damo Xu
Andrew McKenzie
Foo Y. Liew
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