LGALS3 and inflammation: The authors indicate that the induction of inflammation alongside cardiac fibrosis was Gal-3 dependent, demonstrated through significant reduced deleterious outcomes in genetically Gal-3-KO mice that received orally MCP (100 mg/kg/day), which was also seen at WT-MCP-treated mice group [111], but the expression of other markers such as MCP-1 and ICAM-1 mRNA were also decreased by MCP treatment.