qRT-PCR showed that the ALP (Fig. 3g) and RUNX2 (Fig. 3h) mRNA levels on day 7, and those of OCN (Fig. 3i) and BMP2 (Fig. 3j) on day 14, were low in the presence of mimics apoVs compared with NC apoVs when MSCs were treated with OM. This evidence concerns the gene BMP2 and ocular melanoma.