RETRACTED: Dual ACE-inhibition and angiotensin II AT1 receptor antagonism with curcumin attenuate maladaptive cardiac repair and improve ventricular systolic function after myocardial infarctionin rat heart

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).This article has been retracted at the request of the authors, because of publication of questionable figures in the article and in Wang et al., 2012.1.Figure 2B in Pang et al., 2015, bottom panels "Non, 7 day" and "Non, 42 day" are adjacent sections of the same heart.2.Figure 4 in Pang et al., 2015, panel "Non, Sham" and Figure 3 in Wang et al., 2012, panel “21 day, Sham” are adjacent sections of the same heart.3.Figure 4 in Pang et al., 2015, panel "42 day, Cur" and Figure 3 in Wang et al., 2012, panel “21 day, Curcumin” show identical pictures.4.Figure 4 in Pang et al., 2015, right panel, and Figure 7B in Wang et al., 2012 show identical pictures.5.The results reported in Pang et al., 2015, were obtained from a proportion of the animals used in Wang et al., 2012, supplemented with a number of new animals, without the authors providing a justification for this.Based on this the integrity of the results has become doubtful, and the article has been retracted.The authors and the publisher apologize for any inconvenience caused.[Reference]Wang N-P, Wang Z-F, Tootle S, Philip T, Zhao ZQCurcumin promotes cardiac repair and ameliorates cardiac dysfunction following myocardial InfarctionBr J Pharmacol 167 (2012) 1550-1562 (10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02109.x.)