Consistent with a protective role for BASP1 in melanoma, we found that BASP1 expression was suppressed in melanoma (N = 45) as compared with benign nevi (N = 18) by 0.26 fold (P = 0.007, moderated t-statistic) using publicly available expression data (GEO, GDS1375/GSE3189) (Figure 2) [11, 12]. The gene discussed is BASP1; the disease is melanoma.