title: RETRACTED: Effects of geniposide on hepatocytes undergoing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatic fibrosis by targeting TGFβ/Smad and ERK-MAPK signaling pathways.
abstract: This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).
  
  This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
  
  The corresponding author, Dr Byoungduck Park, requested publication of a corrigendum to correct figure 2B which reused control data from a different publication (doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2015.02.014). Upon further inspection, the Biochimie editorial team noticed that:
  
  Comparison of Fig 2B with Fig 4C of a previous publication in International Immunopharmacology by two co-authors (doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2015.02.014) reveals that western blot β-actin control data from the earlier paper were re-used in a different experiment shown in Figure 2B of the article in Biochimie, after adjustment of the brightness/contrast. Furthermore, the same bands, after more image manipulation were presented as Smad3 data in Figure 4C of the Biochimie article. Here the image manipulation involved notably the rotation of the set of bands by 180° and some adjustment of the height/width ratio.
  
  The authors apologise for any confusion that may have arisen from their article.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, Daegu 704-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, Daegu 704-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jaewoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kylee11@korea.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Ki Yong
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, Daegu 704-701, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: bdpark@kmu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Byoungduck
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D058750:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / Q000187:drug effects*; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D039823:Iridoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D051899:Smad2 Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051900:Smad3 Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D039823:Iridoids; D051899:Smad2 Protein; C497783:Smad2 protein, mouse; D051900:Smad3 Protein; C497791:Smad3 protein, mouse; C508961:Tgfb1 protein, mouse; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; C007835:geniposide; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
keywords: Fibrosis; Geniposide; Hepatocyte; Transforming growth factor; Type-I collagen