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Table 3.

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of normal human epithelial melanocytes to thin primary cutaneous and metastatic melanoma samples

Fold Higher Expression in Melanoma				Fold Lower Expression in Melanoma
Gene Symbol	NHEM c/t MIS/Thin	Gene Symbol	NHEM c/t Metastatic Melanoma	Gene Symbol	NHEM c/t MIS/Thin	Gene Symbol	NHEM c/t Metastatic Melanoma

KRT14	6787	GJA1	759	MME	106	MAP4	20
GJA1	5929	SEPP1	338	CITED1	77	OCA2	10
EHF	5487	KRT14	306	GDF15	64	TRIM7	7
SCEL	3931	MAGEA2	301	PAEP	47	CITED1	6
CLCA2	3689	TRAG3	242	RPEL1	45	TRPM4	6
S100A7	3609	EHF	193	HES6	43	MME	5
KRTDAP	3416	S100A9	160	ESDN	37	TRAP150	5
DSC1	2782	S100A7	129	QPRT	35	FER1L3	4
GJB6	2576	SCEL	126	OCA2	19	QPRT	4
CXCL14	2484	SLC22A3	125	RENBP	17	KLF8	4
LOR	2308	EPHA3	124	NR4A3	16	RPEL1	4
KRT6A	1989	KRTDAP	121	Siat7c	16	PACE4	4
PKP1	1835	S100A8	120	C6orf168	15	HPCAL1	4
SERPINB3	1778	ZIC1	119	BCL2A1	14	ACTR1A	4
S100A9	1768	CXCL14	118	NTT73	14	MET	3
KRT15	1545	IL18	108	PSCD3	14	RAB32	3
GATA3	1347	PRAME	102	HPCAL1	13	TYR	3
PPL	1339	MAGEA6	94.7	MET	12	IRF6	3
IMUP	1250	PLCB4	88	ALS2CR3	12	GDF15	3
ICEBERG	1123	CLCA2	87	PTPLA	12	HINT3	3
KRT6B	1114	GJB6	85	TBC1D7	11	SLC30A1	3
CSTA	693	MAGEA3	84	OA1	11	TRPV2	3
CST6	687	MMP19	59	TYR	11	RSN	3

NOTE: Abbreviations: NHEM: Normal Human Epithelial Melanocytes, c/t: Compared to, MIS, melanoma-in-situ, Thin, thin melanomas < 1.0 mm in Breslow's thickness