Correction: Mol Cancer 19, 99 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-020-01215-4

In our research published [1] in Molecular Cancer entitled “Circular RNA circCORO1C promotes laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma progression by modulating the let-7c-5p/PBX3 axis” (Molecular Cancer 19, Article number: 99 (2020)), we identified minor errors in the images presented in Figs. 5E and 6L recently. Specifically, overlap was found in the representative migration images between the “TU-177 let-7c-5p inhibitor” group of Fig. 5E (row 3, column 3) and the “TU-177 NC” group of Fig. 6L (row 1, column 1). We have double-checked the original data and found that the inadvertent errors occurred during picture compilation. Unfortunately, this error was not found during the submission and proof stages.

Fig. 5
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let-7c-5p reversed the tumor-promoting effect of circCORO1C in LSCC cells. a FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells were transfected with si-circCORO1C or co-transfected with si-circCORO1C and let-7c-5p inhibitor. CircCORO1C and let-7c-5p expression was detected by qPCR. b FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells were transfected with si-circCORO1C or co-transfected with si-circCORO1C and let-7c-5p inhibitor. Cell proliferation was determined by CCK8 assay. c Effects of si-circCORO1C and let-7c-5p inhibitor on the proliferation of FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells were evaluated by EdU staining. d Colony formation assays were performed to evaluate the proliferative ability of FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells transfected with si-circCORO1C or co-transfected with si-circCORO1C and let-7c-5p inhibitor. e Effects of si-circCORO1C and let-7c-5p inhibitor on the migration and invasion of FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells were evaluated by Transwell migration and invasion assays. f FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells were transfected with si-circCORO1C or co-transfected with si-circCORO1C and let-7c-5p inhibitor. Cells were stained with Annexin V-FITC and PI, and the percentage of apoptotic cells was detected by flow cytometry. Data are presented as the means ± SD of three independent experiments. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001

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Fig. 6
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PBX3 is a direct target gene of let-7c-5p, which acted as an oncogene in LSCC cells. a Venn analysis of the target genes of let-7c-5p predicted by miRanda, PicTar, PITA, and TargetScan. b Integrated analysis of bioinformatics-predicted target genes and RNA sequencing data of 57 pairs of LSCC tissues was performed to screen for let-7c-5p target genes. c & d Correlation analysis between circCORO1C (c) or let-7c-5p (d) and PBX3 expression using RNA sequencing data of 57 pairs of LSCC tissues and matched ANM tissues. e PBX3 expression in RNA sequencing data of 57 pairs of LSCC tissues and matched ANM tissues. The expression levels of PBX3 in each LSCC tissue were normalized to corresponding matched ANM tissue. f Analysis of PBX3 expression in HNSCC and LSCC tissues using transcriptome sequencing data from TCGA database. g & h FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells were transfected with let-7c-5p mimics (g), let-7c-5p inhibitor (h) or NC, and PBX3 expression was detected by qPCR and western blotting. i HEK293T cells were co-transfected with let-7c-5p mimics and wild-type or mutant PBX3 3′ UTR reporter plasmids, and luciferase reporter assays were performed to evaluate the effect of let-7c-5p on luciferase activity. j FD-LSC-1 and TU-177 cells were transfected with let-7c-5p mimics or co-transfected with let-7c-5p mimics and PBX3 overexpression plasmids, and CCK8 assay was performed to detect cell proliferation. k & l FD-LSC-1 (k) and TU-177 (l) cells were transfected with let-7c-5p mimics or co-transfected with let-7c-5p mimics and PBX3 overexpression plasmids. Changes in cell migration and invasion capacity were evaluated by Transwell assays. Data are presented as the means ± SD of three independent experiments. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001

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The corrected Figs. 5E, 6L are attached, and the correction does not change the results and scientific conclusions of this article. We sincerely apologize to the editor, reviewers and readers for the errors and any confusion it may have caused. We want to make a correction to this error as soon as possible.