[Retracted] Regulation of p38 MAPK phosphorylation inhibits chondrocyte apoptosis in response to heat stress or mechanical stress
Ken Takebe, Takayuki Nishiyama, Shinya Hayashi, Shingo Hashimoto, Takaaki Fujishiro, Noriyuki Kanzaki, Kohei Kawakita, Kenjiro Iwasa, Ryosuke Kuroda, Masahiro Kurosaka · 2026
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Description
A retraction notice for a study on cartilage cell death is issued in 2026, and the notice itself is the record here. The original paper claimed that tuning a stress signal could block cartilage cell death under heat or force. A reader later flagged figure problems to the editor of the journal.
Two gel bands in a key figure looked near-identical with a small shift, and breaks in the gel slices were spotted. The editor judged overall confidence in the data lost and retracted the paper. The authors were asked to explain but did not reply, the notice states. Readers should treat the original findings as withdrawn and not cite them as evidence.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ken Takebe, Takayuki Nishiyama, Shinya Hayashi, Shingo Hashimoto, Takaaki Fujishiro, Noriyuki Kanzaki, Kohei Kawakita, Kenjiro Iwasa, Ryosuke Kuroda, Masahiro Kurosaka |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |