Retraction: “MicroRNA-4328 promotes lens epithelial cell apoptosis by targeting NLR family, apoptosis inhibitory protein in age-related cataract”, by Jianfeng Zhu, Lei Gong, and Bojun Zhao, Cell Biochem Func. 2021; 77-87, published online on June 21, 2020 in Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1002/cbf.3453, has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Martin Hewinson, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

The retraction has been agreed after the authors stated that Bojun Zhao was listed as corresponding author without his consent. During the investigation several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.