PHYSIOLOGY. For the article “Prevention of renovascular and cardiac pathophysiological changes in hypertension by angiotensin II type 1 receptor antisense gene therapy,” by Jeffrey R. Martens, Phyllis Y. Reaves, Di Lu, Michael J. Katovich, Kathleen H. Berecek, Sanford P. Bishop, Mohan K. Raizada, and Craig H. Gelband, which appeared in issue 5, March 3, 1998, of Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (95, 2664-2669), after an investigation by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), Craig H. Gelband admitted to falsification of data, including Fig. 4 A and B. ORI determined that Dr. Gelband is solely responsible for the falsification. The editors, therefore, hereby retract the paper.
