The density of immunostained cells by anti-Gal-3 was significantly greater in the chagasic patients (CML + CIM) when compared to the NC Group (p=0.0032; data not shown) and significantly greater in the CIM Group when compared to the NC Group (p=0.0050) (Figures 1and2). Here, LGALS3 is linked to chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive.