Publications Retracted in MEDLINE - January to June 2007

In alphabetical order by first author, here are the articles listed by MEDLINE as having been retracted during the first half of 2007.  The items were published in a variety of years but were officially retracted during the first half of 2007.  For more information on the topic of retraction, view Lewis Library's guide to retracted publications in MEDLINE.  If you have any questions about the list, please contact the Lewis Library Reference Department at x2070 or use our Ask-A-Librarian service.

Angelos P, Lafreniere R, Murphy TF, Rosen W.  Ethical issues in surgical treatment and research.  Curr Probl Surg. 2003 Jul;40(7):353-448.
Retraction in: Angelos P, Lafreniere R, Murphy TF, Rosen W.  Curr Probl Surg. 2007 Jun;44(6):345.
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Arranz N, Haza AI, Garcia A, Moller L, Rafter J, Morales P.  Protective effects of isothiocyanates towards N-nitrosamine-induced DNA damage in the single-cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE)/HepG2 assay.  J Appl Toxicol. 2006 Nov-Dec;26(6):493-9.
Retraction in: J Appl Toxicol. 2007 Mar-Apr;27(2):200.
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Bagheri M, Abdi-Rad I, Omrani D, Khalkhali HR.  Cytokine typing: SNP allele frequencies in the Iranian population.  Int J Immunogenet. 2006 Jun;33(3):193-5.
Retraction in: Bagheri M. Int J Immunogenet. 2007 Jun;34(3):223.
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Bois PR, Izeradjene K, Houghton PJ, Cleveland JL, Houghton JA, Grosveld GC.  FOXO1a acts as a selective tumor suppressor in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. J Cell Biol. 2005 Sep 12;170(6):903-12.
Retraction in: Bois PR, Izeradjene K, Houghton PJ, Cleveland JL, Houghton JA, Grosveldz GC. J Cell Biol. 2007 May 7;177(3):563.
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Bryant JE, Lecomte JT, Lee AL, Young GB, Pielak GJ.  Protein dynamics in living cells. Biochemistry. 2005 Jul 5;44(26):9275-9.
Retraction in: Bryant JE, Lecomte JT, Lee AL, Young GB, Pielak GJ.  Biochemistry. 2007 Jul 10;46(27):8206. Epub 2007 Jun 13.
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Cai G, Nie X, Guo P, Guan Z, Zhang J, Shen Q.  A new inducible adenoviral expression system that responds to inflammatory stimuli in vivo.  J Gene Med. 2006 Dec;8(12):1369-78.
Retraction in: J Gene Med. 2007 May;9(5):424.
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Celik S, Aksoy G, Akyolcu N.  Nursing role on preventing secondary brain injury. Accid Emerg Nurs. 2004 Apr;12(2):94-8.
Retraction in: McClelland HM. Accid Emerg Nurs. 2007 Apr;15(2):72.
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Chakraborty C, Saha G, Sarkar B, Pal S, Chatterjee TK, Sadhu AK.  Caspase-3 induced apoptosis in transgenic zebrafish.  Biotechnol Lett. 2006 Feb;28(3):189-96.
Retraction in: Biotechnol Lett. 2007 May;29(5):843-4.
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Chang G.  Structure of MsbA from Vibrio cholera: a multidrug resistance ABC transporter homolog in a closed conformation. J Mol Biol. 2003 Jul 4;330(2):419-30.
Retraction in: Chang G. J Mol Biol. 2007 Jun 1;369(2):596.
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Ciesla J, Jagielska E, Skopinski T, Abrowska MD, Maley F, Rode W.  Binding and repression of translation of the cognate mRNA by Trichinella spiralis thymidylate synthase differ from the corresponding interactions of the human enzyme.  Biochem J. 2005 Sep 15;390(Pt 3):681-8.
Retraction in: Cieśla J, Jagielska E, Skopiński T, Dabrowska M, Maley F, Rode W. Biochem J. 2007 Mar 15;402(3):601.
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Cui L, Jiang J, Wei L, Zhou X, Fraser JL, Snider J, Yu SP.  Transplantation of embryonic stem cells improves nerve repair and functional recovery after severe sciatic nerve axotomy in rats. FASEB J. 2007 Aug;21(10):2633. Epub 2007 Apr 2. 
Retraction in: FASEB J. 2007 21: 2633.
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Doglio LE, Kanwar R, Jackson GR, Perez M, Avila J, Dingwall C, Dotti CG, Fortini ME, Feiguin F.  gamma-cleavage-independent functions of presenilin, nicastrin, and Aph-1 regulate cell-junction organization and prevent tau toxicity in vivo.  Neuron. 2006 May 4;50(3):359-75.
Retraction in: Dotti CG, Feiguin F, Fortini ME. Neuron. 2007 Feb 1;53(3):463.
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Dosumu EA, Momoh JA. Hypercalcemia in patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis in Abuja, Nigeria. Can Respir J. 2006 Mar;13(2):83-7.
Retraction in: Anthonisen N, Kalina RB. Can Respir J. 2007 May-Jun;14(4):228.
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Gianni T, Forghieri C, Campadelli-Fiume G.  The herpesvirus glycoproteins B and H.L are sequentially recruited to the receptor-bound gD to effect membrane fusion at virus entry.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Sep 26;103(39):14572-7. Epub 2006 Sep 14.
Retraction in: Gianni T, Forghieri C, Campadelli-Fiume G. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 27;104(9):3668.
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Guo H.  Images in clinical medicine. Complication of central venous catheterization. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jan 11;356(2):e2. 
Retraction in: Guo H. N Engl J Med. 2007 Mar 8;356(10):1075.
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Heng BC.  Disparity in medical fees for donor and self freeze-thaw embryo transfer cycle--a covert form of embryo commercialization?  Dev World Bioeth. 2007 Apr;7(1):49-50.
Retraction in: Dev World Bioeth. 2007 Apr;7(1):49.
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Henschler R, Brennscheidt U, Mertelsmann R, Herrmann F.  Induction of c-jun expression in the myeloid leukemia cell line KG-1 by 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine. Mol Pharmacol. 1991 Feb;39(2):171-6.
Retraction in: Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Jan;71(1):388.
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Hoeldtke RD.  Nitrosative stress in early Type 1 diabetes. Clin Auton Res. 2003 Dec;13(6):406-21. 
Retraction in: Kaufmann H, Mathias CJ.  Clin Auton Res. 2007 Jun;17(3):197.
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Hsu HH, Chung KM, Chen TC, Chang BY.  Role of the sigma factor in transcription initiation in the absence of core RNA polymerase.  Cell. 2006 Oct 20;127(2):317-27.
Retraction in: Hsu HH, Chung KM, Chen TC, Chang BY. Cell. 2007 Jan 12;128(1):211.
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Huang T, Bohlenius H, Eriksson S, Parcy F, Nilsson O. The mRNA of the Arabidopsis gene FT moves from leaf to shoot apex and induces flowering. Science. 2005 Sep 9;309(5741):1694-6. Epub 2005 Aug 11.
Retraction in: Böhlenius H, Eriksson S, Parcy F, Nilsson O. Science. 2007 Apr 20;316(5823):367.
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Hussain HM, Hotopf M, Oyebode F.  Atypical antipsychotic drugs and Alzheimer's disease.
N Engl J Med. 2007 Jan 25;356(4):416; author reply 417-8.
Retraction in: Hussain HM. N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 5;356(14):1481.
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Knobloch K, Schreibmueller L, Kraemer R, Jagodzinski M, Richter M, Zeichen J, Vogt PM.  Eccentric training and an achilles wrap reduce achilles tendon capillary blood flow and capillary venous filling pressures and increase tendon oxygen saturation in insertional and midportion tendinopathy.  Am J Sports Med. Epub 2006 Dec 27.
Retraction in: Knobloch K, Schreibmueller L, Kraemer R, Jagodzinski M, Richter M, Zeichen J, Vogt PM. Am J Sports Med. 2007 Apr;35(4):673.
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Knobloch K, Schreibmueller L, Jagodzinski M, Zeichen J, Vogt PM, Krettek C.  Tendon and paratendon Achilles microcirculation in eccentric training and an Achilles wrap in insertional und mid-portion tendinopathy--a randomized trial.  Br J Sports Med.  Epub 2006 Oct 11.
Retraction in: Knobloch K, Schreibmueller L, Jagodzinski M, Zeichen J, Vogt PM, Krettek C.  Br J Sports Med. 2007 Mar;41(3):184.
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Kramerova I, Kudryashova E, Venkatraman G, Spencer MJ.  Calpain 3 participates in sarcomere remodeling by acting upstream of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.  Hum Mol Genet. 2005 Aug 1;14(15):2125-34. Epub 2005 Jun 16.
Partial retraction in: Kramerova I, Kudryashova E, Venkatraman G, Spencer MJ. Hum Mol Genet. 2007 Apr 15;16(8):1006.
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Kurjak A, Kupesic S, Hafner T, Latin V, Kos M, Harris RD.  Intervillous blood flow in patients with missed abortion.  Croat Med J. 1998 Mar;39(1):41-4.
Retraction in: Marusić M. Croat Med J. 2007 Jun;48(3):390.
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Lansdown DA, Ding Z, Wadington M, Hornberger JL, Damon BM. Diffusion tensor MRI-based fiber tracking of the human tibialis anterior muscle: demonstration of pennation heterogeneity. J Appl Physiol.  Epub 2007 Feb 8.
Retraction in: J Appl Physiol. 2007 Jun;102(6):2418.
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Lerner JS, Gonzalez RM, Dahl RE, Hariri AR, Taylor SE.  Facial expressions of emotion reveal neuroendocrine and cardiovascular stress responses.  Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Nov 1;58(9):743-50. Epub 2005 Oct 26.
Retraction in: Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Jan 15;61(2):261.
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Li Q, Ma J, Tan L, Wang C, Li N, Li Y, Xu G, Li J.  Effect of docosahexaenoic acid on interleukin-2 receptor signaling pathway in lipid rafts.  Sci China C Life Sci. 2006 Feb;49(1):63-72.
Retraction in: Sci China C Life Sci. 2007 Feb;50(1):140.
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Li X, Jiang Y, Wang Z, Liu G, Hutz RJ, Liu W, Xie Z, Shi F.  Regulation of FoxO1 transcription factor by nitric oxide and cyclic GMP in cultured rat granulosa cells.  Zoolog Sci. 2005 Dec;22(12):1339-46.
Retraction in: Li X, Jiang Y, Wang Z, Liu G, Hutz RJ, Liu W, Xie Z, Shi F.  Zoolog Sci. 2007 Mar;24(3):281.
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Loiseau PM, Bories C.  Mechanisms of drug action and drug resistance in Leishmania as basis for therapeutic target identification and design of antileishmanial modulators.  Curr Top Med Chem. 2006;6(5):539-50.
Retraction in: Curr Top Med Chem. 2007;7(4):455.
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Luty-Frackiewicz A.  The role of selenium in cancer and viral infection prevention.
Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2005;18(4):305-11. 
Retraction in: Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2007;20(1):V.
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Ma C, Chang G.  Structure of the multidrug resistance efflux transporter EmrE from Escherichia coli.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 2;101(9):2852-7. Epub 2004 Feb 17.
Retraction in: Ma C, Chang G. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 27;104(9):3668.
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Moon HI, Jung JC.  Effect of meso-dihydroguaiaretic acid from Machilus thunbergii Sieb et Zucc on MMP-1 expression in heat shock-induced cultured primary human fibroblasts.  Phytother Res. 2006 Aug;20(8):714-6.
Retraction in:  Moon HI, Jung JC. Phytother Res. 2007 Jun;21(6):599.
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Moon HI, Kim MR, Cho MK, Park S, Chung JH.  Matrix metalloproteinase-1 expression inhibitory compound from the whole plants of Viola ibukiana Makino. Phytother Res 2005; 19(3): 239-242.
Retraction in: Moon HI, Kim MR, Cho MK, Park S, Chung JH.  Phytother Res. 2007 Jun;21(6):600.
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Munro PT, Howie N, Gerstenmaier JF.  Do peripheral blood cultures taken in the emergency department influence clinical management? Emerg Med J. 2007 Mar;24(3):211-2.
Retraction in: Emerg Med J. 2007 May;24(5):373.
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Padhani A.  PET imaging of tumour hypoxia.  Cancer Imaging. 2006 Oct 31;6:S117-21.
Retraction in: Cancer Imaging. 2007;7:1.
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Peng T, Kotla S, Bumgarner RE, Gustin KE.  Human rhinovirus attenuates the type I interferon response by disrupting activation of interferon regulatory factor 3.  J Virol. 2006 May;80(10):5021-31.
Retraction in: Peng T, Kotla S, Bumgarner RE, Gustin KE. J Virol. 2007 Jun;81(11):6161.
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Pogrel MA, Jordan RC.  Marsupialization as a definitive treatment for the odontogenic keratocyst.  J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2004 Jun;62(6):651-5; discussion 655-6.
Partial retraction in: Pogrel MA. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 Feb;65(2):362-3.
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Pogrel MA.  Treatment of keratocysts: the case for decompression and marsupialization. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2005 Nov;63(11):1667-73.  
Partial retraction in: Pogrel MA. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 Feb;65(2):362-3.
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Ou YQ Ma WL, Liu CH, Shi R, Zheng WL.  [Detection of quorum-sensing pathway and construction of LuxS gene deletion mutants of group B Strepto,coccus]  Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao. 2005 Sep;25(9):1135-9. Chinese.
Retraction in: Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2007 Feb;27(2):225.
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Radziminski C, Ballantyne L, Hodson J, Creason R, Andrews RC, Chauret C.  Disinfection of Bacillus subtilis spores with chlorine dioxide: a bench-scale and pilot-scale study.  Water Res. 2002 Mar;36(6):1629-39.
Retraction in: Water Res. 2007 Jan;41(2):517.
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Rangaswami H, Bulbule A, Kundu GC.  JNK1 differentially regulates osteopontin-induced nuclear factor-inducing kinase/MEKK1-dependent activating protein-1-mediated promatrix metalloproteinase-9 activation. J Biol Chem. 2005 May 13;280(19):19381-92. Epub 2005 Mar 9.
Retraction in: J Biol Chem. 2007 Feb 23;282(8):5968.
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Sawada M, Hayes P, Matsuyama S.  Cytoprotective membrane-permeable peptides designed from the Bax-binding domain of Ku70.  Nat Cell Biol. 2003 Apr;5(4):352-7.
Retraction in: Nat Cell Biol. 2007 Apr;9(4):480.
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Sawada M, Sun W, Hayes P, Leskov K, Boothman DA, Matsuyama S.  Ku70 suppresses the apoptotic translocation of Bax to mitochondria.  Nat Cell Biol. 2003 Apr;5(4):320-9. Erratum in: Nat Cell Biol. 2004 Apr;6(4):373-4.
Retraction in: Nat Cell Biol. 2007 Apr;9(4):480.
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Sparac V, Kupesic S, Kurjak A.  What do contrast media add to three-dimensional power Doppler evaluation of adnexal masses?  Croat Med J. 2000 Sep;41(3):257-61.
Retraction in: Marusic M. Croat Med J. 2007 Apr;48(2):145.
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Srikanth S, Nagaraja AV.  A prospective study of reversible dementias: frequency, causes, clinical profile and results of treatment.  Neurol India. 2005 Sep;53(3):291-4; discussion 294-6.
Retraction in: Neurol India. 2007 Jan-Mar;55(1):5.
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Sudbo J, Ried T, Bryne M, Kildal W, Danielsen H, Reith A.  Abnormal DNA content predicts the occurrence of carcinomas in non-dysplastic oral white patches.  Oral Oncol. 2001 Oct;37(7):558-65.
Retraction in: Sudbo J, Ried T, Bryne M, Kildal W, Danielsen H, Reith A.  Oral Oncol. 2007 Apr;43(4):418.
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Sudbo J, Bryne M, Johannessen AC, Kildal W, Danielsen HE, Reith A.  Comparison of histological grading and large-scale genomic status (DNA ploidy) as prognostic tools in oral dysplasia.  J Pathol. 2001 Jul;194(3):303-10.
Retraction in: J Pathol. 2007 Jan;211(1):109.
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Sudbo J, Ristimaki A, Sondresen JE, Kildal W, Boysen M, Koppang HS, Reith A, Risberg B, Nesland JM, Bryne M.  Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in high-risk premalignant oral lesions.  Oral Oncol. 2003 Jul;39(5):497-505.
Retraction in: Sudbo J, Ristimaki A, Sondresen JE, Kildal W, Boysen M, Koppang HS, Reith A, Risberg B, Nesland JM, Bryne M.  Oral Oncol. 2007 Apr;43(4):420.
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Sudbo J, Bryne M, Mao L, Lotan R, Reith A, Kildal W, Davidson B, Soland TM, Lippman SM.  Molecular based treatment of oral cancer.  Oral Oncol. 2003 Dec;39(8):749-58.
Retraction in: Sudbo J, Bryne M, Mao L, Lotan R, Reith A, Kildal W, Davidson B, Soland TM, Lippman SM. Oral Oncol. 2007 Apr;43(4):421.
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Sudbo J, Reith A.  When is an oral leukoplakia premalignant?  Oral Oncol. 2002 Dec;38(8):813-4.
Retraction in: Sudbo J, Reith A.  Oral Oncol. 2007 Apr;43(4):419.
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Sun QM, Jiang HC, Xu WM, Liu X, Dai CB, Sun MS.  High-level expression and purification of recombinant huGM-CSF (9-127)/IL-6 (29-184) fusion protein in Escherichia coil. Protein Expr Purif. 2005 Aug;42(2):278-85.
Retraction in: Sun QM, Jian HC, Xu WM, Liu X, Dai CB, Sun MS. Protein Expr Purif. 2007 Apr;52(2):486.
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Tor M, Brown D, Cooper A, Woods-Tor A, Sjolander K, Jones JD, Holub EB.  Arabidopsis downy mildew resistance gene RPP27 encodes a receptor-like protein similar to CLAVATA2 and tomato Cf-9.  Plant Physiol. 2004 Jun;135(2):1100-12. Epub 2004 May 21.
Retraction in: Tör M, Brown D, Cooper A, Woods-Tör A, Sjölander K, Jones J D G, Holub E B. Plant Physiol. 2007 Feb;143(2):1079.
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Taechowisan T, Lu C, Shen Y, Lumyong S.  Secondary metabolites from endophytic Streptomyces aureofaciens CMUAc130 and their antifungal activity.  Microbiology. 2005 May;151(Pt 5):1691-5.
Retraction in: Taechowisan T, Lu C, Shen Y, Lumyong S.  Microbiology. 2007 Mar;153(Pt 3):915.
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Tost J, Jammes H, Dupont JM, Buffat C, Robert B, Mignot TM, Mondon F, Carbonne B, Simeoni U, Grange G, Kerjean A, Ferre F, Gut IG, Vaiman D.  Non-random, individual-specific methylation profiles are present at the sixth CTCF binding site in the human H19/IGF2 imprinting control region.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2006;34(19):5438-48. Epub 2006 Sep 29.
Retraction in: Tost J, Jammes H, Dupont JM, Buffat C, Robert B, Mignot TM, Mondon F, Carbonne B, Siméoni U, Grangé G, Kerjean A, Ferré F, Gut IG, Vaiman D. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(2):701.
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Yamaguchi I, Tsutsui S, Sato M.  Ring Expansion of a 4,4'-Bipyridyl Derivative into pi-Conjugated Azepinoazepines.  Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2007 Mar 30; Epub ahead of print. 
Retraction in: Yamaguchi I, Tsutsui S, Sato M.  Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2007;46(28):5263.
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Yang R, Yang X, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Wang S, Cai Z, Jia Y, Ma Y, Zheng C, Lu Y, Roden R, Chen Y.  Single-walled carbon nanotubes-mediated in vivo and in vitro delivery of siRNA into antigen-presenting cells.  Gene Ther. 2006 Dec;13(24):1714-23. Epub 2006 Jul 6.
Retraction in: Yang R, Yang X, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Wang S, Cai Z, Jia Y, Ma Y, Zheng C, Lu Y, Roden R, Chen Y. Gene Ther. 2007 Jun;14(11):920.
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Yao D, Taguchi T, Matsumura T, Pestell R, Edelstein D, Giardino I, Suske G, Ahmed N, Thornalley PJ, Sarthy VP, Hammes HP, Brownlee M.  Methylglyoxal modification of mSin3A links glycolysis to angiopoietin-2 transcription.  Cell. 2006 Jan 27;124(2):275-86. Epub 2006 Jan 12.
Retraction in: Yao D, Taguchi T, Matsumura T, Pestell R, Edelstein D, Giardino I, Suske G, Ahmed N, Thornalley PJ, Sarthy VP, Hammes HP, Brownlee M. Cell. 2007 Feb 9;128(3):625.
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