RETRACTED: Continuous Hemodiafiltration Therapy Ameliorates LPS-Induced Systemic Inflammation in a Rat Model

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors and the first author, Satoshi Hagiwara, due to scientific misconduct and data falsification. An investigation by Oita University into scientific misconduct pointed out the following:1.Fig. 2C: The graph data of the serum levels of HMGB1 was not completely conformed to the raw data.2.Panels C,D,G,H of Fig. 3 were incorrectly inserted by the first author.3.Fig. 3I: The graph data of lung injury score was not completely conformed to the raw data.4.Fig. 3J: The graph data of liver injury score was not completely conformed to the raw data.The first author, who conducted these experiments, could not counter the argument by adducing raw data at the investigation, and the investigation recognized them as scientific misconduct. The authors regret these errors and apologize to the scientific community for the need to retract the article.