RETN and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: The NAFLD represents a spectrum of disorders characterized by predominantly macrovesicular hepatic steatosis that occur in individuals in the absence of consumption of alcohol in amounts considered harmful to the liver.13 Measuring serum resistin, which is a protein hormone produced and secreted by adipocytes may serve as a predictor of progressive liver pathology in NAFLD.14 In the present study, serum resistin levels were significantly higher in NAFLD patients than control subjects (p = 0.0001).