We found DLC1 and a melanoma marker MELAN A exhibited high correlation of their expression (χ2 = 4.546, p < 0.033) in a large percentage of melanomas (29/45; 64.4%) compared with other specimens expressing either DLC1 (5/45; 11.1%) or MELAN A alone (6/45; 13.3%) and neither of them (5/45; 11.1%) (Fig. 1c, e). Here, DLC1 is linked to melanoma.