Observational studyArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2015
Assessment of Galectin-3 Polymorphism in Subjects with Chronic Chagas Disease.
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- Galectin-3 and fibrosis intensity in Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy: a systematic review.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2022Pooled it
- Cardiac and Digestive Forms of Chagas Disease: An Update on Pathogenesis, Genetics, and Therapeutic Targets.Mediators of inflammation · 2025Review
- The role of galectin-3 in patients with permanent and paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation and echocardiographic parameters of left atrial fibrosis.Molecular biology reports · 2023Article
- Cytokine Networks as Targets for Preventing and Controlling Chagas Heart Disease.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The roles of galectins in parasitic infections.Acta tropica · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundGalectin-3, a β-galactoside binding lectin, has been described as a mediator of cardiac fibrosis in experimental studies and as a risk factor associated with cardiovascular events in subjects with heart failure. Previous studies have evaluated the genetic susceptibility to Chagas disease in humans, including the polymorphisms of cytokine genes, demonstrating correlations between the genetic polymorphism and cardiomyopathy development in the chronic phase. However, the relationship between the galectin-3 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and phenotypic variations in Chagas disease has not been evaluated.
objectiveThe present study aimed to determine whether genetic polymorphisms of galectin-3 may predispose to the development of cardiac forms of Chagas disease.
methodsFifty-five subjects with Chagas disease were enrolled in this observational study. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for genotyping the variants rs4644 and rs4652 of the galectin-3 gene.
resultsFor the SNP rs4644, the relative risk for the cardiac form was not associated with the genotypes AA (OR = 0.79, p = 0.759), AC (OR = 4.38, p = 0.058), or CC (OR = 0.39, p = 0.127). Similarly, for the SNP rs4652, no association was found between the genotypes AA (OR = 0.64, p = 0.571), AC (OR = 2.85, p = 0.105), or CC (OR = 0.49, p = 0.227) and the cardiac form of the disease.
conclusionOur results showed no association between the different genotypes for both SNPs of the galectin-3 gene and the cardiac form of Chagas disease.
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