Heat shock protein 60 enhances CD4⁺CD25⁺ regulatory T cell function via innate TLR2 signaling

Original citation: J Clin Invest. 2006;116(7):2022–2032. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI28423

Citation for this retraction: J Clin Invest. 2018;128(6):2651. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI121856

At the request of the corresponding author, the JCI is retracting this article. The authors were recently made aware of duplicated bands in Figure 8E as well as portions of Figure 8D that were reused in another publication (Zanin-Zhorov A., et al. Cutting edge: T cells respond to lipopolysaccharide innately via TLR4 signaling. J Immunol. 2007;179(1):41–44.). After an extensive internal review, it became apparent that these duplications were introduced during figure assembly. The authors have stated that, after being made aware of the duplicated bands, they repeated the gel experiments and the results supported the conclusions of the original study. Moreover, other studies have subsequently confirmed and extended the primary conclusions of the manuscript. Nevertheless, the authors wish to retract this article because of the importance of accuracy and transparency in the published scientific literature.

The authors apologize for these errors.

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