Retraction Note to: Coexpression of HSP47 Gene and Type I and Type III Collagen Genes in LPS-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats

Retraction Note to: Lung Retraction Note to: Coexpression of HSP47 Gene and Type I and Type III Collagen Genes in LPS-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats Satoshi Hagiwara 0 1 2 Hideo Iwasaka 0 1 2 Shigekiyo Matsumoto 0 1 2 Takayuki Noguchi 0 1 2 Hidekatsu Yoshioka 0 1 2 0 Department of Anatomy, Biology and Medicine , Biochemistry , Oita University Faculty of Medicine , 1-1, Idaigaoka-Hasamamachi, Yufu City, Oita 879-5593 , Japan 1 Department of Brain and Nerve Science , Anesthesiology , Oita University Faculty of Medicine , 1-1 Idaigaoka- Hasamamachi, Yufu City, Oita 879-5593 , Japan 2 The authors retract the article ''Coexpression of HSP47 Gene and Type I and Type III Collagen Genes in LPS- Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats'' by Hagiwara S, Iwasaka H , Matsumoto S , Noguchi T and Yoshioka H, Lung , 2007, 185, 31-37. An investigation by the Oita University concluded that identical images have been used to depict different experimental conditions in other publications. Specifically, in Fig. 4B (The rat lung was treated with intratracheally administered LPS and after 14 days was stained with Azan.) was previously published in the Eur J Pharmacol, 2007, 174-180 in Fig. 3A (Azan staining of rat lung. Lung of rat treated with LPS 24 days was stained with Azan to visualize collagen fibrils, showing an increase in the collagen content of the lung parenchyma). The authors apologize to the scientific community for the need to retract this article. (...truncated)