CXCL14 and atherosclerosis: In another study, Padilla et al., revealed that CXCL14 mRNA is markedly upregulated in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and descending thoracic aorta of obese pig as a result of the high-fat diet feeding, which suggests a possible role of CXCL14 in the progress of atherosclerosis [23].