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

Article Retracted Retraction After lengthy investigation by the editors, the original article [1] has been retracted because of inappropriate duplication of images from previously published articles.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. Author details Division of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. Division of Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 9030215, Japan. Transdisciplinary Research Organization for Subtropics and Island Studies, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 9030215, Japan. Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan. Division of Molecular Bioregulation, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. Project group 26 “Nosocomial Infections of the Elderly”, Robert Koch-Institut, 20 Nordufer, Berlin 13353, Germany. Received: 27 January 2011 Accepted: 2 June 2011 Published: 2 June 2011 Reference 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. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-11-127 Cite this article as: Takamatsu et al.: Retraction: Molecular characterization of Legionella pneumophila-induced interleukin-8 expression in T cells. BMC Microbiology 2011 11:127. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color figure charges • Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar • Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit * Correspondence: n-mori@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp Division of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Takamatsu et al. BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:127 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/127 © 2011 Takamatsu et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.