The data showed that miR‐296‐3p over‐expression considerably down‐regulated AKT3 expression levels of A549 and H1229 cells (Figure 5C, p < 0.001); furthermore, AKT3 expression was checked in circWHSC1 silenced NSCLC cells, which showed that circWHSC1 silence caused a significant down‐regulation of AKT3 protein expression in A549 and H1229 cells, while AKT3 protein expression was almost rescued after co‐transfecting anti‐miR‐296‐3p (Figure 5D, p < 0.001). Here, AKT3 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.