Retraction to: Dig Dis Sci (2009) 54:1508–1512 DOI 10.1007/s10620-009-0793-5

The article, CD14 promoter-159 polymorphism is associated with reduced risk of intestinal-type gastric cancer in a Japanese population published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Volume 54, Number 7, 2009, pp. 1508–12 has been retracted due to duplicate publication. The data set presented in the article was previously published in the journal article Association of polymorphism of TLR4 and CD14 genes with gastroduodenal diseases in Japan, Inflammopharmacology Volume 15, Number 3 (2007), 124–128.