Retraction Note to : Journal of Neuroinflammation (2015) 12:116 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-015-0336-2


The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding Fig. 5:

• Figures 5A and 5B: the NF-kB panels appear to contain overlapping lanes.

• Figures 5A and 5B: the Actin panels appear to contain overlapping lanes.

The data reported in this article are therefore unreliable.

Corresponding author XiHong Li has stated that the authors agree with the retraction of the article but disagree with the wording of the retraction notice. Author Dezhi Mu has not explicitly stated whether they agree or disagree with the retraction. The other authors have not separately responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.