RETRACTION: Sialic Acids Acquired by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Are Involved in Reduced Complement Deposition and Siglec Mediated Host-Cell Recognition.

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Retraction: B. Khatua, A. Ghoshal, K. Bhattacharya, C. Mandal, B. Saha, P.R. Crocker, and C. Mandal, "Sialic Acids Acquired by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Are Involved in Reduced Complement Deposition and Siglec Mediated Host-Cell Recognition," FEBS Letters 584, no. 3 (2010): 555-561, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.087. The above article, published online on 27 November 2009 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Michael Brunner; the Federation of European Biochemical Societies; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. UK. The retraction has been agreed due to concerns raised by a third party. Further investigation revealed the unattributed duplication of nearly all of the data presented in Figures 1 and 2 from Figures 2 and 3 from a now-retracted article by the same authors (DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01083-08). In addition, there is duplication of data within the MALDI-TOF-MS data in Figure 3b and within the flow cytometry-based binding assay data in Figure 5. These concerns undermine the journal's confidence in the results and conclusions presented. Therefore, the parties agree that the article must be retracted.