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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective-tissue disease characterized by progressive thickening of the dermis, often accompanied by insufficiency of internal organs, such as the lungs, heart, or kidneys [ 1].
Unfortunately, cortisol levels and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) response was not routinely measured in patients with infection, and adrenal insufficiency may have been underestimated in this group.
· Sepsis can cause occult adrenal insufficiency in the presence of normal or even elevated serum cortisol concentrations.
Aggressive methods of decreasing oxygen consumption, such as therapeutic musculoskeletal blockade, are used for patients with marginal oxygen delivery associated with cardiac and respiratory insufficiency.
M6P/IGF2R is normally imprinted in mice with only the maternal copy of the gene being expressed [ 41 ] . In contrast, both copies of the M6P/IGF2R are expressed in humans because genomic imprinting at this locus was lost in the primate lineage approximately 75 million years ago [ 42 ] . Importantly, restoration of biallelic M6P/IGF2R expression in mice results in a marked reduction in offspring weight late in embryonic development that persists into adulthood [ 43 ] . This demonstrates that M6P/IGF2R allelic loss or haploid insufficiency markedly enhances cell proliferation and/or survival during fetal development.