HSPA8 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: To define the mechanism of anti-oxidation and further determine the targets of essential oil of Paederia scandens in treating chicken NAFLD, the protein network analysis results showed that HSP7C, heat shock cognate 71 kDa protein, was in the center of the network and interaction among the other 22 proteins, which indicated that HSP7C may be a core target for essential oil of Paederia scandens against chicken NAFLD.