RETRACTED: Probucol via inhibition of NHE1 attenuates LPS-accelerated atherosclerosis and promotes plaque stability in vivo

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the authors. Concern had previously been raised about the veracity of some of the data in Figure 6 which appears to contain similar experimental data to many other publications, described here: https://pubpeer.com/publications/72ACDBE9751C8FD443A223FEB806E8#. The corresponding author contacted the journal and acknowledged that some of the experiments were not conducted by the authors themselves and they no longer have confidence in the reliability of the results. The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. The Editor-in-Chief agreed to retract the article.

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Lipopolysaccharide; Na(+)/H(+) exchanger 1; Plaque stability; Probucol.