NOTICE OF RETRACTIONS
At the request of the authors and after careful internal review, the following articles published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology have been retracted:
Meier P, Spertini F, Blanc E, Burnier M: Oxidized low density lipoproteins activate CD4+ T cell apoptosis in patients with end-stage renal disease through Fas engagement. J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 331–342, 2007; and Meier P, Golshayan D, Blanc E, Pascual M, Burnier M: Oxidized LDL modulates apoptosis of regulatory T cells in patients with ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol 20: 1368–1384, 2009.
Concerns were raised over possible image manipulation and the provenance and integrity of the underlying data for both studies. The corresponding author, Dr. Pascale Meier, takes full and sole responsibility for the inability to present raw data supporting the published results. Coauthors involved in this study were unaware of any misconduct.