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The Role of the KLF Family in T-Cell-Mediated Regulation of Cardiovascular Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Prospects.

Shijia Wang, Xiangbin Zhu, Na Li, Kunfu Ouyang, Zhiyong Liao

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5 authors.

Shijia WangDepartment of Cardiology, Fuwai Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen 518057, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5063-6224
Xiangbin ZhuDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, China.
Na LiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, China.
Kunfu OuyangDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0292-375X
Zhiyong LiaoDepartment of Cardiology, Fuwai Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen 518057, China.

Funding

Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2021A1515111110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are increasingly recognized as immune-inflammatory disorders in which adaptive immunity shapes tissue injury, repair, and long-term remodeling. T cells are central to these processes because they integrate antigen recognition, lineage-defining transcriptional programs, tissue trafficking, cytokine production, and immunological memory. In this Review, we synthesize current evidence on the Krüppel-like factor (KLF) family as a transcriptional framework linking T-cell biology to cardiovascular disease. KLF2 primarily regulates T-cell quiescence and trafficking, KLF10 supports regulatory T-cell suppressive function and immune-metabolic fitness, KLF4 contributes to inflammatory effector differentiation, and KLF13 regulates delayed inflammatory chemokine expression and, in thymocyte models, exerts a survival-restraining effect through apoptosis-related pathways. Across atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, hypertension, and heart failure, these KLF-dependent programs may influence the balance between pathogenic effector responses and protective regulatory mechanisms. The strongest direct disease-specific evidence currently supports a role for KLF10 within the CD4

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Cardiovascular DiseasesKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsT-LymphocytesAnimalsHumansKruppel-Like Factor 4KLF4 protein, humanKruppel-Like Factor 4Kruppel-Like Transcription Factorsatherosclerosiscardiovascular diseaseheart failureKLF10KLF2Krüppel-like factormyocardial infarctionregulatory T cellsT cells

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PMID42738814
PMCPMC13564580

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