Retraction Note: Diacerhein attenuates the inflammatory response and improves survival in a model of severe sepsis

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The authors would like to retract this article [1] because it was brought to the Editors’ attention that some figures appear to be similar to those within the article and in previous publications [2‐11]. The similarity between the figures within this article and previous publications, are specified below. An investigation by The University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil concluded that there was no evidence of research misconduct. The authors maintain that the similarities do not affect the interpretation or conclusions of their study. The authors accept that the preparation of the figures fell below the standard of publication. They will seek to publish the results in a new manuscript version, with new experiments and figures, corroborating the findings of this work. Author, Jose Carvalheira agreed to the retraction and did not disagree with the wording of the retraction. …