KRT16 and ocular melanoma: Together with keratin 16 and 17, keratin 6 is involved in the regeneration and migration of epidermal keratinocytes and is inducible upon injury and inflammation [39, 40].Taken together these results suggest a better or more pronounced bacterial defense in NON-OM patients while in ULC-OM patients the presence of activated neutrophils are associated with enhanced tissue damage.