- Hepatic inflammation and fibrosis,ALT level and ballooning degeneration ↑- Liver fibrosis, inflammation, andhepatocyte ballooning degeneration ↑- Liver fibrosis, IL-6, and TNF-β ↑- Hepatic inflammation, MyD88, andIL-6 ↓- Hepatic steatosis and insulinresistance ↓. Here, GPT is linked to Hepatic steatosis.