The authors of an article published in 2009 (1) have informed the Journal that, as a result of an institutional inquiry, they had reexamined the raw data used in their article and determined that the results reported in Figures 2, 4, and 5 were unreliable. They were unable to repeat the studies reported in Figures 2 and 4 due to lack of materials. Therefore, the authors have requested that the paper be retracted. The authors apologize to the Journal and to its readers.
Reference
- 1.Auten RL, Potts EN, Mason SN, Fischer B, Huang Y, Foster WM. Maternal exposure to particulate matter increases postnatal ozone-induced airway hyperreactivity in juvenile mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009;180:1218–1226. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200901-0116OC. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]