FASLG and myocardial infarction: Echocardiographic analysis revealed that Ad-APL-treated mice exhibited decreased LVDd, LVEDV, LVESV and increased FS at 4 weeks after MI operation compared with control mice, whereas there were no significant differences in LVDd, LVEDV, LVESV and FS between Ad-β-gal-treated and Ad-APL-treated WT mice after sham operation (Fig 5B, S2 Table).