Results from colony formation assays showed that silencing of GSK3α inhibited colony formation ability of NSCLCs (Fig. 3d and Additional file 2: Fig. S2c), while Transwell analysis results further revealed that loss of GSK3α inhibited migration, and invasion ability of NSCLC cells (Fig. 3e and Additional file 2: Fig. S2d). Here, GSK3A is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.