Retraction Note: Inflammation (2018) 41:1229–1237 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-018-0769-8

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article following an investigation by the **ing First People’s Hospital, Shandong, China. The investigation found the contents of the article to be unreliable. Therefore, the Editor-in-Chief has no longer confidence in the integrity of the data in this article.

The author, Cunjian Sheng has not responded to any correspondence from the editor/publisher about this retraction. The Publisher is unable to find current email addresses for authors, Qiang Su and Jun**g Yao.