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Here, we generated and analyzed cFLIP epidermal KO mice with additional TNF deficiency. Intriguingly, the ablation of TNF rescued the pathological phenotype of epidermal cFLIP KO from characteristic weight loss and increased mortality. Moreover, the lack of TNF in these animals strongly reduced and delayed the epidermal hyperkeratosis and the increased apoptosis in keratinocytes. Our data demonstrate that TNF signaling in cFLIP-deficient keratinocytes is the critical factor for the regulation of skin inflammation via modulated cytokine and chemokine expression and, thus, the attraction of immune cells. Our data suggest that autocrine TNF loop activation upon cFLIP deletion is dispensable for T cells, but is critical for neutrophil attraction. Our findings provide evidence for a negative regulatory role of cFLIP for TNF-dependent apoptosis and partially for epidermal inflammation. However, alternative signaling pathways may contribute to the development of the dramatic skin disease upon cFLIP deletion. 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