CD8A and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: An interesting final observation is that when NASH cases were considered separately, the same lymphocyte population profiles as those described for NAFLD, were observed (Supplementary Fig. 4 and 5); except for the CD8+ cell frequency in portal-periportal area, which was significantly increased in fibrosis ≥2 in adults (Supplementary Fig. 5).