Mast cells induce epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and migration in non-small cell lung cancer through IL-8/Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

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After careful consideration, we (the authors) recognized that our paper contains many defects both in English and content (such as use of the same picture and unclear description in the Materials and Methods).

Our co-first author was, unfortunately, an inexperienced author. Our English and writing skills were inadequate. There are some unintentional errors in the paper, and we had not addressed them fully. We assure you that the results and the data are original, based on clinical findings, including the in vivo mouse model and in vitro cell experiment.

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