CCL2 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Interestingly, as illustrated in Figure 1, 15 genes upregulated in NASH patients encoded chemokines and chemokine receptors involved in leukocyte recruitment including the couples CXCL8/CXCR1; CXCL1, 3/CXCR2; CCL3-5/CCR5 and the chemokines CXCL9-11 and CCL2 (MCP1).