TGFB1 and myocardial infarction: Intraperitoneal injection of apelin-13 for 4 weeks after LAD ligation-induced MI, reverted EMC-degrading enzymes MMP-2 and -9 in rat hearts, and reduced TGF-β and NF-kB pro-inflammatory mediators resulted in diminishing the histopathological damage and cardiac fibrosis percentage [44].