S100A4 and myocardial infarction: Increased steady-state concentration of S100A4 mRNA and protein levels have been found in pathologically hypertrophied and failing hearts of rats induced by aortic banding, myocardial infarction (Schneider et al., 2007) as well as TAC, or appropriate diet in Dahl salt-sensitive animals (Tamaki et al., 2013).