The article “MicroRNA-34a Promotes Endothelial Dysfunction and Mitochondrial-mediated Apoptosis in Murine Models of Acute Lung Injury” (1), published in the April 2019 issue of the Journal, has been retracted by Drs. Shah, Das, Alam, Romero, Singh, and Bhandari (the Journal has been unable to contact or has received no response from Drs. Mahajan and Shahid).
It was discovered that anomalies exist in the Western blot images for IL-6, NOX4, and ASC in Figure 3H and that similarities exist in the GAPDH bands in Figures 4B and 2I. The authors stand behind the conclusions of the work but acknowledge that the above anomalies compromise the scientific integrity of the paper. The participating authors have agreed to the decision to retract this paper and they apologize to the Journal and its readers.
Reference
- 1.Shah D, Das P, Alam MA, Mahajan N, Romero F, Shahid M, Singh H, Bhandari V. Micro-RNA-34a promotes endothelial dysfunction and mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis in murine models of acute lung injury. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2019;60:465–477. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0194OC. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]