Analysis of a GEO Profile dataset of ovarian cancer samples revealed that TARS mRNA levels are significantly upregulated in ovarian carcinoma and reduced in patients treated with neoadjuvant carboplatin/paclitaxel chemotherapy (Figure 1, also see Additional file 2) (GEO accession GDS2785; published by Moreno et al. [18]). This evidence concerns the gene TARS1 and ovarian carcinoma.