IL6 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Starting from the observation that probiotics have demonstrated to improve NASH by decreasing LPS-induced pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL6 and TNF-α [81], a study of Mohammed et al. investigated the effect of Lactobacillus plantarum (LP EMCC-1039) administration on cognitive performance and liver function in dysbiosis-induced NASH in rats.