ETM Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 1792-0981 1792-1015 D.A. Spandidos 10.3892/etm.2026.13197 ETM-32-2-13197 Retraction [Retracted] Atorvastatin increases lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of tumour necrosis factor-α-induced protein 8-like 2 in RAW264.7 cells LiuMing-Wei SuMei-Xian ZhangWei WangLi QianChuan-Yun 082026 02062026 32 2 203 Copyright: © 2026 Liu et al. 2026 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.

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Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that certain of the western blot data featured in Figs. 1B, 6 and 9A, and mRNA expression data included in Figs. 3 and 4 were strikingly similar to data that had already been published in other articles in different journals that were written by different authors at different research institutes.

After independently analyzing the data in this paper, the Editorial Office were able to verify the reader’s concerns. Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the above article were found to be strikingly similar to data that had already been published elsewhere in other papers in different journals, the Editor of Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal. The authors were asked for an explanation to account for these concerns, but the Editorial Office did not receive a reply. The Editor apologizes to the readership for any inconvenience caused.