IL18 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Serum samples from NASH patients and normal age-matched controls were analyzed for the protein levels of ASC (p = 0.0003, Figure 1A), IL-18 (p = 0.0014, Figure 1B), Gal-3 (p = 0.008, Figure 1C), and CRP (p = 0.4385, (Figure 1D).