NCAN and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: A subsequent study in a cohort of European ancestry led by the GOLD Consortium identified four additional NAFLD risk factors located in or near neurocan gene (NCAN), glucokinase regulatory protein gene (GCKR), lysophospholipase-like 1 gene (LYPLAL1), and protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 3b (PPP1R3B).(Speliotes et al., 2011).