To reveal in which processes CTHRC1 may function, we first sought out to identify genes coordinately expressed with CTHRC1 in the microarray data from our panel of normal melanocytes, benign nevus cells, primary melanoma cells, and two melanoma cell lines (WM793 and WM239), as well as independently from a panel of 34 melanoma cell lines obtained from a data bank (E-GEOD-7152). The gene discussed is CTHRC1; the disease is melanoma.