HGF and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: To investigate the therapeutic effect of recombinant HGF protein on a CDAA diet-induced mouse NASH model, wild-type C57BL/6 mice were treated with vehicle or 1 mg/kg of recombinant feline HGF protein intravenously in the last 7 days of a total of 3 weeks of CDAA diet feeding.