We, the Editor and Publisher of Immunological Investigations, have removed the following manuscript that was posted online on 02 February 2017:
Mehrdad Farrokhi, Aria Masoudifar, Ali Derakhshan, Samira Saadatmand, Hojjat Rouhi-Boroujeni, Masoud Etemadifar, Saeid Rezaei-Zarji, Ameneh Javid, Reza Nobakht, Mitra Deyhimi, Afagh Ekramnia, Milad Ebrahimi, Sajad Sheikh, Sadra Ansaripour, Ali Amani-Beni & Hamidreza Jahanbani-Ardakani, “The Association of Interleukin-16 Gene Polymorphisms with IL-16 Serum Levels and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis” DOI: 10.1080/08820139.2016.1268154. Immunological Investigations.
This article has been removed due to a falsely stated author affiliation for co-author Sajad Sheikh and a lack of proof of ethical approval issued by the stated supporting university, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
Taylor & Francis notes that we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on these warranties, and censure this action.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as RETRACTED.