To investigate a role for FL BARD1 as tumor suppressor, two neuroblastoma cell lines (SKNSH and SHSY5Y) were depleted for FL BARD1 expression upon stable transfection with lentiviral plasmids expressing short hairpin RNA against BARD1 (shBARD1#A, ahBARD1#B). Here, BARD1 is linked to neoplasm.