The migration also enables MasterCard to power Vodafone Egypt mobile money service, Vodafone Cash, by processing all financial transactions through MasterCardâs Mobile Payment Gateway platform, which MasterCard has worked closely with the Egyptian Banks Company (EBC) to set up in 2013.
People who get Hashimoto's often have family members who have thyroid disease or other autoimmune diseases. This suggests a genetic component to the disease. Hormones. Hashimoto's affects about seven times as many women as men, suggesting that sex hormones may play a role.
Examples of genetic variants that predispose one to an autoimmune disease affecting a specific organ are as follows: The A variant at rs3806932 within the TSLP gene is restricted to cells that line the esophagus and is associated with an autoimmune condition that causes inflammation of the esophagus called eosinophilic esophagitis.