Retraction Note to: “Human Leptin Triggers Proliferation of A549 Cells via Blocking Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Related Apoptosis” [Biochemistry (Moscow), 78, No. 12, 1333-1341 (2013)]

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Wei Wang¹, Haicheng Yan², Changwu Dou², and Youle Su²

¹Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510120, China

²Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Huhehaote, 010051, China; fax: +86 (0471) 663-7640; E-mail: changwudou@126.com

Received May 4, 2013; Revision received September 13, 2013

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The article published in Vol. 78, No. 12, pp. 1333-1341, DOI: 10.1134/S0006297913120031, has been retracted by the authors request. The authors have recently obtained new results conflicting with those presented in the published article. Careful analysis showed that some published results were obtained using inappropriate methods and wrong statistical analysis. The authors apologize and ask readers to ignore the results published in this article.

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DOI: 10.1134/S0006297914120189

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