Correction to: Bone Research https://doi.org/10.1038/s41413-019-0058-7, published online 3 October 2019

One important citation regarding Fig. 7 was missing in the original manuscript.1 Figure 7 was adapted from the publication by Florencio-Silva et al.2 The corrected legend is provided as below:

Fig. 7 Pathological malfunction of autophagy triggers the onset of osteoporosis. Aging, estrogen deficiency, and glucocorticoids downregulate autophagic activity and thus lead to osteoporosis (Adapted from Florencio-Silva et al.2)