Consistent with the echocardiographic and hemodynamic data demonstrating attenuated remodeling and preserved cardiac function in Tg-CTGF versus NLC mice after MI, morphometric analysis of transverse myocardial sections stained with rhodamin-labeled WGA revealed decreased cross-sectional area of cardiac myocytes of Tg-CTGF mice versus NLC (Fig. 6A–B). This evidence concerns the gene CCN2 and myocardial infarction.