Renal and endothelial biomarkers in Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon region: early indicators of kidney injury and disease progression
Alba Regina Jorge Brandão, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Jessica Vanina Ortiz, Débora Raysa Teixeira de Sousa, Gabriela Maciel Alencar, Nádelly Karoline Martins Derze, João Victor Campelo de Queiroz, JOANA BADER SADALA BRANDÃO, Lara Isabelli Oliveira de Silva, Cássia Camila de Oliveira Araújo, Sílvia Cássia Brandão Justiniano, Lucely Paiva Rodrigues da Silva, Elsa Isela Guevara Moctezuma, Susan Smith Doria, Karla Cristina Silva Petruccelli, , Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra
This study identifies elevated biomarkers in blood and urine that indicate early renal and endothelial dysfunction in Chagas disease patients in the Brazilian Amazon, undetectable by conventional tests.
PLoS ONE · Jul 17, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology