THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AUTOANTIBODIES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Аннотация

Systemic sclerosis is a progressive chronic autoimmune rheumatic disease with high morbidity and mortality. Systemic sclerosis a multi-organ disease that affects organs such as the skin, lungs, digestive system, heart, musculoskeletal system, kidneys, causing severe pain and disability, disability and death of patients. The main marker of an abnormal immune response is circulating autoantibodies, which are found in more than 95% of patients with systemic sclerosis. It is important to study the clinical, immunological, diagnostic and prognostic significance of autoantibodies, especially antifibrillary antibodies produced against the fibrillarin protein.