大阪大学医学系グループが出したネイチャー論文に2012年9月19日オンライン上で訂正が公表された。訂正が発表された論文は次のもの。
Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy causes inflammation and heart failure
Takafumi Oka,
Shungo Hikoso,
Osamu Yamaguchi,
Manabu Taneike,
Toshihiro Takeda,
Takahito Tamai,
Jota Oyabu,
Tomokazu Murakawa,
Hiroyuki Nakayama,
Kazuhiko Nishida,
Shizuo Akira,
Akitsugu Yamamoto,
Issei Komuro
& Kinya Otsu （責任著者）
Nature 485,251–255 (10 May 2012) doi:10.1038/nature10992
- Received 26 June 2011
- Accepted 01 March 2012
- Published online 25 April 2012
（論文へのリンク） - オンライン上の訂正では次のようにアナウンスされています。
In this Letter, several images were mistakenly switched or duplicated during preparation of the artwork. In Figs 1f and 2a, the sham-operated Dnase2a−/− and TAC-operated Dnase2a+/+ mice panels were switched. In Fig. 4d, the panel showing CD3 staining for ODN2088 control-treated TAC-operated Dnase2a+/+ mice (now shown correctly as black-bordered panel in Fig. 1 below) is a duplicate of that showing Ly6G staining for ODN2088-treated TAC-operated Dnase2a−/− mice. The panel showing CD45 staining for ODN2088-treated TAC-operated Dnase2a+/+ (now shown correctly as blue-bordered panel in Fig. 1 below) was prepared from the original picture of ODN2088 control-treated TAC-operated Dnase2a+/+. In Supplementary Fig. 4c, sham-operated Dnase2a−/− and TAC-operated Dnase2a+/+ mice panels were switched. Finally, in Supplementary Fig. 10d, the panels showing CD3 and Ly6G staining for sham-operated Tlr9+/+ mice were switched. These corrections do not alter any of the conclusions of this Letter, and the authors apologize for any confusion these errors may have caused.
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どうやらデータの作成準備中に論文中のいくつかの画像を誤って取り違えたり重複使用していたようです。著者は誤りを認め謝罪しています。しかし論文の結論には何ら変更はないそうです。
皆さんは本件をどう思いますか？