At 24 h post-MI, highly expressed Gal-3 in myocardium mainly concentrates in the peri-infarcted region (also termed as border zone), whilst infiltrated neutrophils consist in the only dominant group with Gal-3 expression in the infarcted area since the loss of surviving cardiomyocytes and cardiac ECs [142]. This evidence concerns the gene LGALS3 and myocardial infarction.