To confirm the expression of MALAT1, LINC00943 and LINC00261 in melanoma tissues, we evaluated the MALAT1, LINC00943 and LINC00261 expression levels in the cancer tissues from 12 melanoma patients (see Table 1) and 3 healthy tissues via qRT-PCR, as shown in Fig. 8. Here, LINC00943 is linked to melanoma.