Fig. 8: KLF14 regulates glycolysis and the immune function of macrophages by inhibiting the transcription of HK2 and may play a role in sepsis.

Based on the previous findings, KLF14 is upregulated in sepsis and serves as an inflammation suppressor. KLF14 deletion promoted glycolysis in and inflammatory factor secretion by macrophages in sepsis. KLF14 regulated glycolysis in macrophages by inhibiting the transcription of HK2. Moreover, perhexiline activated the expression of KLF14 to reduce the immune response of macrophages upon LPS stimulation