KLRK1 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: In addition, the MFI of NKG2D on intrahepatic NK cells and CD56dim NK cells was lower in NAFLD patients compared to healthy controls (1092 (SD = 681,0) vs. 1334 (SD = 357,1) and 780,2 (SD = 327,3) vs. 1091 (SD = 362,5)) (Fig 2F and 2H).