We then injected B16‐F10 melanoma in Atg5+/+ mice, Atg5/STING+/+, Atg5BECKO, and Atg5/STINGBECDKO mice, monitored tumor growth and inspected the TEC phenotype by immunofluorescence for the presence of proinflammatory/immunomodulatory factors. This evidence concerns the gene STING1 and melanoma.