We also investigated the DNA methylation levels of twelve melanoma-associated genes (BAP1, CDK4, CDKN2A, KIT, MC1R, MGMT, MITF, PALB2, POT1, TERT, TNF, and TNFRSF10C) by comparing melanoma samples with cultured melanocytes. Here, TNFRSF10C is linked to melanoma.