RETRACTED: Downregulation of citrin, a mitochondrial AGC, is associated with apoptosis of hepatocytes

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).The editors would like to confirm the retraction of this paper at the request of the corresponding author. It contains multiple inaccurate and inappropriately manipulated β-actin RT-PCR gel images. The corresponding author, Naoki Mori, takes full responsibility for the duplication and misrepresentation of the figures in this paper, states that none of the other co-authors were involved in or aware of these events, and apologizes to the readers of Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications for submitting and publishing these duplicated images.