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Myeloid Innate Signaling Pathway Regulation by MALT1 Paracaspase Activity
Published on: January 7, 2019
Qiang Li1, Wanying Xing2, Xiong Xu1
1Department of Hand Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China.
Abstract:
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and the authors. Following the concerns raised about the background pattern of the Western Blots from Figures 7A and 7C, the authors have contacted the journal to request the retraction of the article as they were reportedly not confident of the accuracy of the data and the conclusions of the article. Given the comments of Dr Elisabeth Bik regarding this article “This paper belongs to a set of over 400 papers (as per February 2020) that share very similar Western blots with tadpole-like shaped bands, the same background pattern, and striking similarities in title structures, paper layout, bar graph design, and - in a subset - flow cytometry panels”, the journal requested the authors to provide the raw data. However, the authors were not able to fulfil this request and therefore the Editor-in-Chief decided to retract the article.

