LGALS3 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Moreover, Spearman correlations showed that the number of liver-resident cells that expressed Gal-3 were inversely correlated with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (r = −0.31; p = 0.049) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (r = −0.31; p = 0.045) levels, NAFLD activity score (r = −0.57; p < 0.001), the presence of steatosis (r = −0.75; p < 0.001), and the diagnosis of NASH (r = −0.50; p = 0.001).