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Yu X, Liu Z, Wang Y. Expression of concern: "Characteristics of gammadelta1 and gammadelta 2 T cell subsets in acute liver allograft rejection" [Transplant Immunology 2013, volume 29, pages 118-122]. Transpl Immunol 2024; 84:102015. [PMID: 38816177 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2024.102015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Expression of concern: "High levels of soluble Major Histocompatibility Complex class I related chain A (MICA) are associated with biliary cast syndrome after liver transplantation" [Transplant Immunology 2009, volume 21, pages 210-214]. Transpl Immunol 2024; 84:102016. [PMID: 38816176 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2024.102016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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D'Amato ME, Joly Y, Lynch V, Machado H, Scudder N, Zieger M. Ethical considerations for Forensic Genetic Frequency databases: First Report conception and development. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2024; 71:103053. [PMID: 38728819 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2024.103053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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The Forensic Databases Advisory Board (FDAB), an independent board that assists the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG), has presented a First Report on ethical aspects of the following Forensic Genetic Frequency Databases (FGFD): EMPOP, STRidER and YHRD. The FDAB designed an ethical framework to evaluate the content of these FGFD, and the factors to be considered for retention and acceptance of submissions. The FDAB framework proposes to categorize submissions according to the risk of having contravened the universal ethical principles outlined by international organizations, and the guidelines adopted by the ISFG. The report has been open to discussion by the scientific community since 2023. Herein we present the conception and development of the First Report along with a summary of its content, with consideration of the feedback received.
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- M E D'Amato
- Forensic DNA Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, 740 avenue Dr. Penfield, Suite 5200, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G1, Canada
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- DNAforAfrica, Cape Town, South Africa; Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Affairs, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Institute for Social Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4180-057, Portugal
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- Centre for Forensic Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, 2007, Australia; Australian Federal Police, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 26, Bern CH-3008, Switzerland
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Wang Y, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Peng L, Ma J, Tang Z, Gao W, Zhu Z, Yao Z. Expression of concern "The role of the CD95, CD38 and TGFβ1 during active human cytomegalovirus infection in liver transplantation" [Cytokine 35(3-4) (2006) 193-199]. Cytokine 2024; 176:156524. [PMID: 38388069 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2024.156524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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- Yuliang Wang
- Department of Immunology, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Qi xiangtai road, No.22, 300070 Tianjin, PR China; Laboratory Center, Fukang Road, No.24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China; Organ Transplantation Center of Tianjin First Central Hospital, Fukang Road, No.24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale U 790, Institut Gustave Roussy , Villejuif, France
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- Laboratory Center, Fukang Road, No.24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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- Department of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, PR China
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- Laboratory Center, Fukang Road, No.24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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- Organ Transplantation Center of Tianjin First Central Hospital, Fukang Road, No.24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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- Organ Transplantation Center of Tianjin First Central Hospital, Fukang Road, No.24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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- Department of Immunology, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Qi xiangtai road, No.22, 300070 Tianjin, PR China.
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Li D, Lu T, Shen C, Liu Y, Zhang J, Shan Y, Luo Y, Xi Z, Qiu B, Chen Q, Zhang J, Xia Q. Expression of concern "Expression of fibroblast growth factor 21 in patients with biliary atresia" [Cytokine 83 (2016) 13-18]. Cytokine 2024; 176:156525. [PMID: 38388068 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2024.156525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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- Dawei Li
- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Wang Y, Liu Y, Han R, Yang J, Zhu Z, Zhang Y, Yao Z, Gao W, Shen Z. Expression of concern "Temporal evolution of soluble Fas and Fas ligand in patients with orthotopic liver transplantation" [Cytokine 41(3) (2008) 240-243]. Cytokine 2024; 175:156496. [PMID: 38280820 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2023.156496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
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- Yuliang Wang
- Orient Organ Transplant Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Nankai District, Fukang Road, No. 24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China; Laboratory Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Nankai District, Fukang Road, No. 24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China; Department of Immunology, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Qi xiangtai Road, No.22, 300070 Tianjin, PR China.
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, FIN-70210 Kuopio, Finland
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- Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Hexi District, Pingjiang Road, No. 23, 300211 Tianjin, PR China.
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- Department of Immunology, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Qi xiangtai Road, No.22, 300070 Tianjin, PR China
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- Orient Organ Transplant Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Nankai District, Fukang Road, No. 24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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- Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Hexi District, Pingjiang Road, No. 23, 300211 Tianjin, PR China; INSERM U790, Institut Gustave Roussy 39, Rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Department of Immunology, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Qi xiangtai Road, No.22, 300070 Tianjin, PR China
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- Orient Organ Transplant Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Nankai District, Fukang Road, No. 24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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- Orient Organ Transplant Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Nankai District, Fukang Road, No. 24, 300192 Tianjin, PR China
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Fernandes BBP, Dodurgali MR, Rossetti CA, Pacheco-Barrios K, Fregni F. Editorial - The Secret Life of Retractions in Scientific Publications. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH (2015) 2023; 9:10.21801/ppcrj.2023.91.2. [PMID: 37693831 PMCID: PMC10485848 DOI: 10.21801/ppcrj.2023.91.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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- Neuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Faculdade Isralita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Neuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Mori Y, Takashima K, Ueda K, Sasaki K, Yamada Y. Trinity review: integrating Registered Reports with research ethics and funding reviews. BMC Res Notes 2022; 15:184. [PMID: 35590337 PMCID: PMC9118676 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-022-06043-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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One major source of exhaustion for researchers is the redundant paperwork of three different documents—research papers, ethics review applications, and research grant applications—for the same research plan. This is a wasteful and redundant process for researchers, and it has a more direct impact on the career development of early-career researchers. Here, we propose a trinity review system based on Registered Reports that integrates scientific, ethics, and research funding reviews. In our proposed trinity review system, scientific and ethics reviews are undertaken concurrently for a research protocol before running the study. After the protocol is approved in principle through these review processes, a funding review will take place, and the researchers will begin their research. Following the experiments or surveys, the scientific review will be conducted on a completed version of the paper again, including the results and discussions (i.e., the full paper), and the full paper will be published once it has passed the second review. This paper provides the brief process of the trinity review system and discusses the need for and benefits of the proposed system. Although the trinity review system only applies to a few appropriate disciplines, it helps improve reproducibility and integrity.
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- Yuki Mori
- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University, 2-1-1, Ryozenji-cho, Takatsuki, Osaka, 569-1095, Japan
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
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Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D'Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW, Ray S, Tweddell JS. Unethical Studies on Transplantation in Cardiothoracic Surgery Journals. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 112:1746-1752. [PMID: 34654543 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Robert M Sade
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Munson Healthcare, Traverse City, Michigan
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Heart Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D'Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW, Ray S, Tweddell JS. Unethical studies on transplantation in cardiothoracic surgery journals. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 162:1647-1653. [PMID: 34654563 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.07.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Robert M Sade
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Tex
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Surgery, Munson Healthcare, Traverse City, Mich
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Heart Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Adnan Sharif
- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, UK
- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, UK
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Retraction Note: In-hospital cerebrovascular complications following orthotopic liver transplantation: A retrospective study. BMC Neurol 2021; 21:155. [PMID: 33836693 PMCID: PMC8035757 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-021-02175-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Goldstein CE, Peterson A. Is it unethical to publish data from Chinese transplant research? JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 2020; 46:689-690. [PMID: 32817408 DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Cory E Goldstein
- Rotman Institute for Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
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Bramstedt KA. Applying safeguards of research integrity to unethical organ donation and transplantation. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 2020; 46:685-686. [PMID: 32792347 DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Katrina A Bramstedt
- Luxembourg Agency for Research Integrity, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Health Advocate & Professional Theme, Bond University School of Medicine, Gold Coast, QLD 4226, Australia
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Higgins WC, Rogers WA, Ballantyne A, Lipworth W. Against the use and publication of contemporary unethical research: the case of Chinese transplant research. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 2020; 46:678-684. [PMID: 32611619 DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-106044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Recent calls for retraction of a large body of Chinese transplant research and of Dr Jiankui He's gene editing research has led to renewed interest in the question of publication, retraction and use of unethical biomedical research. In Part 1 of this paper, we briefly review the now well-established consequentialist and deontological arguments for and against the use of unethical research. We argue that, while there are potentially compelling justifications for use under some circumstances, these justifications fail when unethical practices are ongoing-as in the case of research involving transplantations in which organs have been procured unethically from executed prisoners. Use of such research displays a lack of respect and concern for the victims and undermines efforts to deter unethical practices. Such use also creates moral taint and renders those who use the research complicit in continuing harm. In Part 2, we distinguish three dimensions of 'non-use' of unethical research: non-use of published unethical research, non-publication, and retraction and argue that all three types of non-use should be upheld in the case of Chinese transplant research. Publishers have responsibilities to not publish contemporary unethical biomedical research, and where this has occurred, to retract publications. Failure to retract the papers implicitly condones the research, while uptake of the research through citations rewards researchers and ongoing circulation of the data in the literature facilitates subsequent use by researchers, policymakers and clinicians.
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- Wendy C Higgins
- Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore; and Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice [Wellington], and Bioethics Centre [Dunedin], University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Sydney Health Ethics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bülow W, Godskesen TE, Helgesson G, Eriksson S. Why unethical papers should be retracted. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 2020; 47:medethics-2020-106140. [PMID: 32792346 DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The purpose of retracting published papers is to maintain the integrity of academic research. Recent work in research ethics has devoted important attention to how to improve the system of paper retraction. In this context, the focus has primarily been on how to handle fraudulent or flawed research papers and how to encourage the retraction of papers based on honest mistakes. Less attention has been paid to whether papers that report unethical research-for example, research performed without appropriate concern for the moral rights and interests of the research participants-should be retracted. The aim of this paper is to examine to what extent retraction policies of academic journals and publishers address retractions of unethical research and to discuss critically various policy options and the reasons for accepting them. The paper starts by reviewing retraction policies of academic publishers. The results show that many journals do not have explicit policies for how to handle unethical research. Against this background, we then discuss four normative arguments for why unethical research should be retracted. In conclusion, we suggest a retraction policy in light of our empirical and normative investigations.
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- William Bülow
- Department of Philosophy, Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Health Care Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
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Dunne PDJ, Sinha R, Stanley AJ, Lachlan N, Ireland H, Shams A, Kasthuri R, Forrest EH, Hayes PC. Randomised clinical trial: standard of care versus early-transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPSS) in patients with cirrhosis and oesophageal variceal bleeding. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2020; 52:98-106. [PMID: 32452561 DOI: 10.1111/apt.15797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Early-transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPSS) has been recommended in international guidelines for high-risk patients with oesophageal variceal bleeding. AIM To validate the results of a previous randomised control trial which supports use of early-TIPSS. METHODS In a two-centre open-label parallel-group randomised control trial, patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding were recruited following haemostasis with vaso-active drugs and endoscopic band ligation. Participants were randomised to standard of care or early-TIPSS. The primary outcome was 1-year survival, secondary outcomes included early and late rebleeding, and complications of portal hypertension. RESULTS Fifty-eight patients (58 ± 11.12 years; 32.7% female) were randomised. After one year, seven patients died in the standard of care group and six in the early-TIPSS group, a 1-year survival of 75.9% vs 79.3% respectively (P = 0.79). Variceal rebleeding occurred in eight patients in the standard of care group compared with three patients in the early-TIPSS group (P = 0.09). Not all participants randomised to early-TIPSS received the intervention in time. For those receiving TIPSS per-protocol, variceal rebleeding rates were reduced (0% vs 27.6%, P = 0.04) but this had no effect on survival (76.9% vs 75.9%, P = 0.91). Serious adverse events were similar in both treatment groups, except that rates of hepatic encephalopathy were higher in patients receiving TIPSS (46.1% vs 20.7%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Early-TIPSS reduced variceal rebleeding, increased encephalopathy but had no effect on survival in high-risk patients with oesophageal variceal bleeding. Early-TIPSS may not be feasible in many centres however, larger studies are needed. ClinicalTrials.gov reference: NCT02377141.
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- Philip D J Dunne
- Liver Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Liver Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Liver Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Department of Gastroenterology, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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- Liver Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Sharif A, Lavee J, Baquero A, Fiatarone Singh M, Matas D, Richards B, Shapiro ME, Trey T, Rogers W. Reply to Chen et al. Transpl Int 2020; 33:819-820. [PMID: 32339343 DOI: 10.1111/tri.13632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Adnan Sharif
- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.,Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, Washington DC, USA
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- Heart Transplantation Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Dominican Transplant Institute, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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- International Human Rights Lawyer, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Research Unit for the Study of Society, Ethics & The Law, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, University Hospital, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, Washington DC, USA
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- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.,International Advisory Board of the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China
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Sataloff RT. Unethical Surgery. EAR, NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL 2019; 98:186-187. [PMID: 31056941 DOI: 10.1177/0145561319843031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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- Robert T Sataloff
- 1 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Retraction: Circulating FoxP3+ regulatory T and interleukin17-producing Th17 cells actively influence HBV clearance in de novo Hepatitis B virus infected patients after orthotopic liver transplantation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226148. [PMID: 31790479 PMCID: PMC6886757 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nie JB, Jones DG. Confucianism and organ donation: moral duties from xiao (filial piety) to ren (humaneness). MEDICINE, HEALTH CARE, AND PHILOSOPHY 2019; 22:583-591. [PMID: 30903406 DOI: 10.1007/s11019-019-09893-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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There exists a serious shortage of organs for transplantation in China, more so than in most Western countries. Confucianism has been commonly used as the cultural and ethical reason to explain the reluctance of Chinese and other East-Asian people to donate organs for medical purposes. It is asserted that the Confucian emphasis on xiao (filial piety) requires individuals to ensure body intactness at death. However, based on the original texts of classical Confucianism and other primary materials, we refute this popular view. We base our position on the related Confucian norms of filial piety and ren (humaneness, humanity or benevolence), the tension between differentiated love and universal love, and belief in the goodness of human nature. In light of this, we argue that the Confucian ethical outlook actually calls for organ donation at an individual level, and supports an opt-out (presumed consent) system at the level of social policy. Furthermore, because the popular view is based on a number of dominant but misleading modes of thinking about cultural differences, our revisionist account of Confucian moral duties regarding organ donation has implications for developing a more adequate transcultural and global bioethics. These will be discussed and expanded upon.
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- Jing-Bao Nie
- Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, 71 Frederick St, PO Box 913, 9054, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Retraction: Pathological Roles of Interleukin-22 in the Development of Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225971. [PMID: 31770426 PMCID: PMC6879124 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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How to handle scientific articles on organ transplantation coming from China in 2019? Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2019; 43:503-504. [PMID: 31526631 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2019.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Piccoli GB. Ethics of publication, between forgery, retraction and protecting freedom: an ENJOY score for authors and editors. J Nephrol 2019; 32:847-850. [PMID: 31531824 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-019-00645-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Giorgina Barbara Piccoli
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
- Nephrologie, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, Le Mans, France.
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Retraction: Comprehensive Comparison of Three Different Immunosuppressive Regimens for Liver Transplant Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Steroid-Free Immunosuppression, Induction Immunosuppression and Standard Immunosuppression. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222507. [PMID: 31504076 PMCID: PMC6736284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Retraction: Intraoperative Cryoprecipitate Transfusion and Its Association with the Incidence of Biliary Complications after Liver Transplantation-A Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222377. [PMID: 31491019 PMCID: PMC6730853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Retraction: New Diagnosis and Therapy Model for Ischemic-Type Biliary Lesions following Liver Transplantation-A Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222409. [PMID: 31491018 PMCID: PMC6730862 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Retraction: Genetic Variations in Plasma Circulating DNA of HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Predict Recurrence after Liver Transplantation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222258. [PMID: 31483845 PMCID: PMC6726219 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Retraction: Comparison of Steroid-Free Immunosuppression and Standard Immunosuppression for Liver Transplant Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222257. [PMID: 31483831 PMCID: PMC6726220 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Retraction: Novel Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Interleukin 6 Affect Tacrolimus Metabolism in Liver Transplant Patients. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222244. [PMID: 31483851 PMCID: PMC6726371 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Retraction: The Ratio of Circulating Regulatory T Cells (Tregs)/Th17 Cells Is Associated with Acute Allograft Rejection in Liver Transplantation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222348. [PMID: 31487321 PMCID: PMC6728071 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Bramstedt KA, Xu J. A 10-year follow up of publishing ethics in China: what is new and what is unchanged. Res Integr Peer Rev 2019; 4:17. [PMID: 31497313 PMCID: PMC6717980 DOI: 10.1186/s41073-019-0077-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Organ donation and transplantation in China are ethically complex due to questionable informed consent and the use of prisoners as donors. Publishing works from China can be problematic. The objective of this study was to perform a 10-year follow up on Chinese journals active in donation and transplant publishing regarding the evolution of their publishing guidelines. METHODS Eleven Chinese journals were analyzed for 7 properties: (1) ethics committee approval; (2) procedure consent; (3) publishing consent; (4) authorship criteria; (5) conflict of interest; (6) duplicate publication; and (7) data integrity. Results were compared with our 2008 study data. Additionally, open access status, impact factor, and MEDLINE-indexing were explored. RESULTS Most journals heightened the ethical requirements for publishing, compared to the results of 2008. All 11 now require their published manuscripts to have data integrity. Ten of 11 require ethics committee approval and informed consent for the publication of research studies, whereas in the original study only 2 journals evidenced these requirements. Nine of 11 have criteria for authorship, require conflict of interest disclosure, and forbid duplicate publishing. None of the journals have a policy to exclude data that was obtained from unethical organ donation practices. Nine of 11 journals are MEDLINE-indexed but only 2 are open-access. CONCLUSIONS Most journals have improved their general ethical publishing requirements but none address unethical organ donation practices.
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- Katrina A. Bramstedt
- Luxembourg Agency for Research Integrity (LARI), 6, avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Bond University Medical Program, University Drive, Gold Coast, Queensland Australia
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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KI Editors’ expression of concern about organ source in transplantation papers. Kidney Int 2019; 96:795. [DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Retraction: The Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Cirrhosis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222176. [PMID: 31469880 PMCID: PMC6716654 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Retraction: Pretransplant Prediction of Posttransplant Survival for Liver Recipients with Benign End-Stage Liver Diseases: A Nonlinear Model. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222109. [PMID: 31465515 PMCID: PMC6715193 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Retraction: Association of MDR1 Gene SNPs and Haplotypes with the Tacrolimus Dose Requirements in Han Chinese Liver Transplant Recipients. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220759. [PMID: 31454358 PMCID: PMC6711502 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Retraction: Artificial Liver Support System Combined with Liver Transplantation in the Treatment of Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221917. [PMID: 31454401 PMCID: PMC6711499 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Retraction: Symptom Experienced Three Years after Liver Transplantation under Immunosuppression in Adults. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220872. [PMID: 31369646 PMCID: PMC6675085 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Retraction: Identification of Histone Deacetylase 3 as a Biomarker for Tumor Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation in HBV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220822. [PMID: 31365574 PMCID: PMC6668838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Retraction: Genetic Polymorphism of Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 (IRF5) Correlates with Allograft Acute Rejection of Liver Transplantation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220815. [PMID: 31365576 PMCID: PMC6668827 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Retraction: Downgrading MELD Improves the Outcomes after Liver Transplantation in Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Hepatitis B Liver Failure. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220487. [PMID: 31344146 PMCID: PMC6657893 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Retraction: De novo Cancers Following Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience in China. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220430. [PMID: 31335908 PMCID: PMC6650143 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Retraction: Salvage Liver Transplantation for Patients with Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Curative Resection. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220394. [PMID: 31335876 PMCID: PMC6650074 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Retraction: Salvage Liver Transplantation for Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Liver Resection: Retrospective Study of the Milan and Hangzhou Criteria. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220431. [PMID: 31335877 PMCID: PMC6650067 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Retraction: A Scoring Model Based on Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Recurrence of HBV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Liver Transplantation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220418. [PMID: 31335902 PMCID: PMC6650076 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Hurley R. Evidence to contradict "substantial" forced organ harvesting from prisoners in China is lacking, tribunal hears. BMJ 2019; 365:l1805. [PMID: 30992257 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l1805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wise J. Transplantation: researchers urge retraction of 400 papers amid fears that organs were from Chinese prisoners. BMJ 2019; 364:l596. [PMID: 30728117 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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