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Retraction: Involvement of Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 in the Deterioration of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

From the Editor:

The Journal has received a letter from the president of Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, stating that after an investigation it has been determined that the article by Wataru Matsuyama and colleagues (1), published in the December 2005 issue of AJRCMB, was fraudulent. At that time Dr. Matsuyama was a faculty member of Kagoshima University. The letter states that Dr. Matsuyama had admitted that he had no raw data for the article and that the article was based upon fabricated data. Accordingly, the Journal retracts the publication of the article to correct the scientific record.

We are sad to report that the letter additionally states that Dr. Matsuyama died in November 2007.

Footnotes

Conflict of Interest Statement: S.D.S. has served on several advisory boards, receiving nominal fees below the ATS threshold. He serves as Editor of the AJRCMB, for which he is compensated by the ATS.

References

1. Matsuyama W, Mitsuyama H, Watanabe M, Shirahama Y, Higashimoto I, Osame M, Arimura K. Involvement of discoidin domain receptor 1 in the deterioration of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2005;33:565–573.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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