Editor's Note: Increased Levels of COX-2 and Prostaglandin E2 Contribute to Elevated Aromatase Expression in Inflamed Breast Tissue of Obese Women

The editors are publishing this note to alert readers to concerns about this article (1). In Fig. 2B, the β-actin bands have similar features and it appears that lanes have been electronically spliced together. In Fig. 4C, the β-actin bands appear similar. In Fig. 5H, the β-actin bands for “SA CM,” “SA CM + Control siRNA,” and “SA CM + COX-2 siRNA” appear similar. In response to a query by the editors, the corresponding author, Andrew Dannenberg, stated that the original data were no longer available.