RETRACTION: Cytoprotective Effects of Taurocholic Acid Feeding on the Biliary Tree after Adrenergic Denervation of the Liver

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RETRACTION: Marzioni, M. Ueno, Y. Glaser, S. Francis, H. Benedetti, A. Alvaro, D. Venter, J. Fava, G. Alpini, G. Cytoprotective Effects of Taurocholic Acid Feeding on the Biliary Tree after Adrenergic Denervation of the Liver Liver International 27 no. 4 2007 558 568 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01443.x

The above article, published online on 16 February 2007 in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Luca Valenti; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. An institutional representative notified the publisher that a joint institutional investigation had found evidence of image manipulation in Figure 3, as part of their investigation into claims of research misconduct by author Gianfranco Alpini. An investigation by the publisher confirmed that elements in the figure had been duplicated and resized in Figures 1C, 2C, and 3. Additionally, the institutional investigation found that that the same immunoblot band was used to represent different experimental conditions in two previously published articles (Marzioni et al., 2005 [https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2004.10.002]; Marzioni et al., 2003 [https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00398.2002]). This retraction has been agreed due to the evidence of image manipulation and reuse which fundamentally compromises the conclusions presented in the article. No evidence of misconduct was found for the other authors.