GAPDH, PRDM10, TP53, AKT1, INS, ALB, SRC, MAPK1, ACLY, ACACA, DECR1, ACACB, MBOAT4, TNF, EHHADH and JUN genes were introduced as key genes related to the fat diet fed NAFLD rats. Here, ALB is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.