This gene lists were then compared with the two lists of genes previously found to be modulated by the cytokine in the two clinical studies examined (all "pre" versus "post-IFNα" samples for melanoma patients, yielding to 196 up-regulated genes, and healthy subjects vaccinated with 1 or 3 MU of IFNα, yielding to 327 up-regulated genes). Here, IFNA2 is linked to melanoma.