RETRACTION: Cloricromene, a Coumarine Derivative, Protects Against Collagen-induced Arthritis in Lewis Rats

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RETRACTION: S. Cuzzocrea, E. Mazzon, C. Bevilaqua, G. Costantino, D. Britti, G. Mazzullo, A. De Sarro, and A. P. Caputi, “Cloricromene, a Coumarine Derivative, Protects Against Collagen-induced Arthritis in Lewis Rats,” British Journal of Pharmacology 131, no. 7 (2000): 1399–1407, https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0703695.

The above article, published online on 29 January 2009 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Péter Ferdinandy; the British Pharmacological Society; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to concerns raised by third parties on the data presented in the article. Specifically, image elements of Figure 7 were found to have been published in a different article with at least one common author and in a different scientific context. Further investigation by the journal team revealed that also Figure 4B was published in the same article to represent a different treatment. Due to the significant time elapsed since publication, the authors were unable to retrieve the full set of original data, and the data provided was found insufficient to address the concerns. As the editors have lost trust in the accuracy and integrity of the overall body of data presented in the article and consider the conclusions invalid, the article must be retracted.