STEPWISE ACTIVATION MECHANISM OF THE SCRAMBLASE NHTMEM16 REVEALED BY CRYO-EM



Factors affecting catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses in China: policy implications of universal health insurance

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which the Chinese people are protected from catastrophic household expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses and to explore the health system and structural factors influencing the first of these outcomes.METHODS: Data were derived from the Fourth National Health Service Survey.An analysis of catastroph

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Multiple autoimmune-associated variants confer decreased IL-2R signaling in CD4+ CD25(hi) T cells of type 1 diabetic and multiple sclerosis patients.

IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) signaling is essential for optimal stability sweater and function of CD4(+)CD25(hi)FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells (Treg); a cell type that plays an integral role in maintaining tolerance.Thus, we hypothesized that decreased response to IL-2 may be a common phenotype of subjects who have autoimmune diseases associated with variant

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