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Retraction Note: Molecular characterization of Legionella pneumophila-induced interleukin-8 expression in T cells

BMC Microbiology volume 11, Article number: 127 (2011) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 05 January 2010

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Retraction

After lengthy investigation by the editors, the original article [1] has been retracted because of inappropriate duplication of images from previously published articles. The last author, Naoki Mori takes full responsibility and apologizes for any inconvenience caused.

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  1. Takamatsu R, Teruya H, Takeshima E, Ishikawa C, Matsumoto K, Mukaida N, Li J-D, Heuner K, Higa F, Fujita J, Mori N: Molecular characterization of Legionella pneumophila-induced interleukin-8 expression in T cells. BMC Microbiol. 2010, 10: 1-10.1186/1471-2180-10-1.

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  1. Division of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan

    Reika Takamatsu, Hiromitsu Teruya, Eriko Takeshima, Chie Ishikawa & Naoki Mori

  2. Division of Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan

    Hiromitsu Teruya, Eriko Takeshima, Futoshi Higa & Jiro Fujita

  3. Transdisciplinary Research Organization for Subtropics and Island Studies, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan

    Chie Ishikawa

  4. Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan

    Kunihiro Matsumoto

  5. Division of Molecular Bioregulation, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, 920-0934, Japan

    Naofumi Mukaida

  6. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA

    Jian-Dong Li

  7. Project group 26 "Nosocomial Infections of the Elderly", Robert Koch-Institut, 20 Nordufer, Berlin, 13353, Germany

    Klaus Heuner

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Takamatsu, R., Teruya, H., Takeshima, E. et al. Retraction Note: Molecular characterization of Legionella pneumophila-induced interleukin-8 expression in T cells. BMC Microbiol 11, 127 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-11-127

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