In summary, this study selected eleven autoantibodies in the plasma of SSc patients, eight of which target proteins linked to fibrosis (PIP4K2B, VEGFB, AKT2, AKT3, SMAD2, SERPINB13, IL31, and CTGF), with some part of the TGF-beta pathway. This evidence concerns the gene AKT3 and systemic sclerosis.