OTULIN inhibits RIPK1-mediated keratinocyte necroptosis to prevent skin inflammation in mice

Abstract

OTULIN is a negative regulator of linear ubiquitination, and its deficiency in human causes multi-organ inflammations including the skin. Here the authors show, by combining various genetic tools with epidermis-specific Otulin knockout mice, that Otulin suppresses skin inflammation predominantly by inhibiting RIPK1-mediated keratinocytes necroptosis.