Pierre Coulombe and colleagues show that the autoimmune regulator Aire is induced in tumor keratinocytes in a keratin 17 (K17)-dependent manner and promotes skin tumorigenesis in mice. They further show that K17 and Aire colocalize in the nucleus and bind a subset of proinflammatory genes, providing a molecular explanation for the K17-dependent amplification of inflammatory responses in diseased epithelia.
- Ryan P Hobbs
- Daryle J DePianto
- Pierre A Coulombe
