The cell lines HepG2 (human hepatocellular carcinoma), HL-60 (human promyelocytic leukemia), K-562 (human chronic myelogenous leukemia), B16-F10 (mouse melanoma), MCF-7 (human breast carcinoma), HCT116 (human colon carcinoma), HSC-3 (human oral squamous cell carcinoma), SCC-4 (human oral squamous cell carcinoma), MRC-5 (human lung fibroblast), WT SV40 MEF (wild-type immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblast), and BAD KO SV40 MEF (BAD gene knockout immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblasts) were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA). This evidence concerns the gene BAD and melanoma.