CXCL5 and diabetes mellitus: In addition, ENA-78 is involved in platelet-dependent activation of monocytes, displays angiogenic properties, and has been implicated in diseases such as obesity, diabetes, subclinical atherosclerosis, acute coronary syndromes, ischemic stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and thrombosis[27,28,32,44,46-51].