CCL2 and myocardial infarction: Interestingly, myocardial expression of MCP-1 increased during the early phases of myocardial infarction (Maekawa et al., 2004; Hayasaki et al., 2006) and inhibition of MCP-1 prevents ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarct (Hayashidani et al., 2003).