Le Page and colleagues showed that BMP2 was differentially transcribed between cells derived from ascites and solid tumours (Le Page et al. 2006) whilst Hibbs and colleagues suggested BMP7 was more highly expressed in ovarian carcinomas than normal ovaries, but was unable to distinguish between ovarian tumour tissues and metastasis (Hibbs et al. 2004). Here, BMP7 is linked to ovarian neoplasm.