Melanocytes and their development is modulated by the KIT (CD117) and microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), and is involved in pigmentation and cell death, which also plays a major role in the development and differentiation of melanoma, migration of melanoma cells, and drug resistance (Yajima et al. 2011; Lau et al. 2015). Here, MITF is linked to melanoma.