Meteorin-like regulates cardiac repair via macrophage modulation following myocardial infarction
G Ferrer-Curriu, A Blasco-Roset, A Navarro-Gascon, C Soler-Botija, F J Godoy-Nieto, M Monguió-Tortajada, R Cereijo, T Quesada-Lopez, F Rueda, S Roura, C Gálvez-Montón, F Villarroya, A Bayés-Genís, A Planavila · 2026
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Description
Ferrer-Curriu and colleagues published a 2026 study on a protein that helps hearts heal after attack. After a heart attack, swelling must give way to repair at the right pace. A protein called Metrnl guides immune cells toward the repair mode. The team tracked it in mouse hearts during the first days after injury.
Immune cells entering the hurt heart made far more Metrnl by day four. Mice lacking the protein healed worse, with more hot-tempered immune cells lingering. Boosting the protein in the heart restored repair and calmer cell behavior. Metrnl works through a chain that caps how long swelling lasts. The chain offers fresh targets for guiding post-attack healing. Timing, they stress, decides whether inflammation helps or harms recovery.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | G Ferrer-Curriu, A Blasco-Roset, A Navarro-Gascon, C Soler-Botija, F J Godoy-Nieto, M Monguió-Tortajada, R Cereijo, T Quesada-Lopez, F Rueda, S Roura, C Gálvez-Montón, F Villarroya, A Bayés-Genís, A Planavila |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 73 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |