This article (1) has been retracted at the request of the authors. Multiple Western blot bands were duplicated in several figures in the article as well as in another article published by the authors (2), making the findings unreliable. The authors apologize to the scientific community and deeply regret any inconveniences or challenges resulting from the publication and subsequent retraction of this article.
A copy of this Retraction Notice was sent to the last known e-mail addresses for 9 of the 9 authors. One author (Min-Liang Kuo) agreed to the retraction; the remaining authors (Jen-Liang Su, Ching-Yao Yang, Jin-Yuan Shih, Lin-Hung Wei, Chang-Yao Hsieh, Yung-Ming Jeng, Ming-Yang Wang, Pan-Chyr Yang, and Min-Liang Kuo) did not respond.
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