RETRACTED: Proinflammatory cytokines induce stromelysin-1-mediated cell proliferation in dental pulp fibroblast-like cells

J Endod. 2014 Jan;40(1):89-94. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2013.09.029. Epub 2013 Oct 25.

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of a member of the author team as it contains fabricated/falsified data. All of the authors except Nobuaki Ozeki and Taiki Hiyama have agreed to retract the article; N Ozeki left Aichi Gakuin University in March 2018 and does not respond to coauthor inquiries. T Hiyama left Aichi Gakuin University and could not be reached.

Keywords: Cytokine; dental pulp fibroblast-like cells; inflammation; stromelysin-1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Culture Techniques
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cytokines / pharmacology*
  • Dental Pulp / cytology*
  • Dental Pulp / drug effects
  • Fibroblasts / drug effects*
  • Inflammation Mediators / pharmacology*
  • Interferon-gamma / pharmacology
  • Interleukin-1beta / pharmacology
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 / analysis
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 / drug effects*
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 / genetics
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Rats
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / analysis
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 / analysis
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / pharmacology

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • Interleukin-1beta
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • TIMP1 protein, rat
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2
  • Interferon-gamma
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 3