LGALS3 and cardiomyopathy: In the population, the existence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the gene encoding Gal-3 (lgals3) promotes variations in their serum levels in children with respiratory tract infections [27] and in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis [28], malignant tumors [29], cardiomyopathies [30], but there is nothing related to fungal infections.