MicroRNA-373 promotes migration and invasion in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by inhibiting TIMP3 expression

This article published in AJCR, the Figures 4A, 4B, 8A and 8B were wrongly presented. The reason for these errors is that the folder is mixed up when taking and grouping photos because of carelessness. We assure that the correction of this images will not alter the conclusion of the results. The revised figures are presented as following:

Figure 4.

miR-373 promotes migration and invasion in ESCC cells. A, C. Cells that passed through the membrane were measured. The number of migrated cells and invasive cells was much higher in miR-373 mimics group than in negative control group (*P < 0.01, **P < 0.01). B, D. The number of migrated cells and invasive cells was lower in miR-373 inhibitor group than in inhibitor negative control group (*P < 0.01, **P < 0.01).

Figure 8.

TIMP3 mediated the role of miR-373 in ESCC cell migration and invasion. A, C. pcDNA3.1-TIMP3 without the 3’-UTR sequence and miR-373 mimics were co-transfected into ECA109 cells. The average number of migration and invasion cells was higher evaluated by transwell assays. Western blot was used to evaluate TIMP3 protein levels. B, D. shRNA-TIMP3 and miR-373 inhibitor were co-transfected into KYSE410 cells. Transwell assays were used to assess the migration and invasion capacity of ESCC cells. TIMP3 protein level was estimated by Western blot.