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Wild-type (wt) and Metrnl knockout (\n                      <jats:italic>\n                        Metrnl\n                        <jats:sup>-\/-<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      ) mice were analyzed across gestation, lactation, and weaning to evaluate cardiac structure and metabolism.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Late pregnancy increased circulating METRNL, largely of placental origin. In wt mice, cardiac hypertrophy induced by pregnancy was further enhanced during lactation and fully reversed after weaning. These changes were associated with increased fatty acid metabolism during gestation and its suppression during lactation, paralleling cardiac Metrnl expression and normalizing after weaning. By contrast,\n                      <jats:italic>\n                        Metrnl\n                        <jats:sup>-\/-<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      mice showed exaggerated eccentric hypertrophy during gestation and lactation, with delayed regression post-weaning. This was accompanied by impaired metabolic flexibility and myocardial lipid accumulation, consistent with cardiac dysfunction.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Metrnl is essential for physiological cardiometabolic adaptation during the reproductive cycle, coordinating metabolic remodeling to ensure appropriate and reversible cardiac changes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fendo.2026.1823116","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]],"date-time":"2026-06-24T04:46:21Z","timestamp":1782276381000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Meteorin-like controls metabolic adaptations and physiological myocardial remodeling in pregnancy and lactation"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Albert","family":"Blasco-Roset","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departament de Bioqu\u00edmica i Biomedicine Molecular. 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