We, the authors, Editors and Publisher of the journal Current Eye Research, have retracted the following article:Shengqun Jiang, Yanwen Jia and Ziqing Gao. LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 promotes apoptosis and oxidative stress of human lens epithelial cells through epigenetic regulation of WRN. Current Eye Research 2022; [2022 Feb 18;1-25; Online ahead of print]. doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2022.2026975.Since publication, the authors have informed the journal that they are unable to provide the original data for the study and are unable to verify the findings after failing to reproduce the results. As this directly impacts the validity of the reported results and conclusions, the authors alerted the issue to the Editors and Publisher and all have agreed to retract the article to ensure the integrity of the scholarly record.We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as "Retracted."