LGALS1 and peritonitis: Evidence is emerging that Gal-1 may also have pro-resolving actions: expression often peaks at the height of the inflammatory response (Ilarregui et al., 2009; Iqbal et al., 2011; Starossom et al., 2012) and Gal-1 was identified in resolving exudates of mice in a model of peritonitis and was downregulated by the resolution-toxic anesthetic lidocaine (Chiang et al., 2008).