Viruses retracts the review article titled “Endogenous Retroviruses as Regulators of Innate Immune Signaling and Inflammation” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the publisher regarding an overlap between this publication [1] and a previously published review article [2], produced by a different author group.
In accordance with the journal’s standard procedures, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that confirmed a significant level of overlap between these two publications [1,2]. Given the extent of the overlap, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this article as per MDPI’s retraction policy.
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of Viruses.
The authors have been informed of this retraction and have indicated their agreement with this decision.
References
- Iftikhar, M.; Wang, X.; Wang, Q.; Wang, J.; Gu, L.; Chen, S. RETRACTED: Endogenous Retroviruses as Regulators of Innate Immune Signaling and Inflammation. Viruses 2026, 18, 289. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Scilit] [PubMed]
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