Original citation: J. Clin. Invest. 2004;113(11):1651–1659. doi:10.1172/JCI20303.
Citation for this retraction: J. Clin. Invest. 2014;124(6):2807. doi:10.1172/JCI76855.
It has come to our attention that multiple gel images in Figure 1A were inappropriately duplicated from a previous publication (Airoldi I. et al. Expression and function of IL-12 and IL-18 receptors on human tonsillar B cells. J Immunol. 2000;165(12):6880–6888) in violation of JCI editorial policy. The experimental results presented in Figure 1A were intentionally mislabeled as representing total tonsil B lymphocytes and naive, GC, and memory B cells from the same tonsil, in contrast with the sample labeling in the previous publication. The JCI editorial board is retracting this article due to the evident misrepresentation of data and image duplication. No issues have been raised in regard to any of the other data in this manuscript.