GPT and Hepatic fibrosis: In comparison with a chow diet, the F diet induced significant elevations in body weight; liver weight; liver to body weight ratio (%); serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), an indicator of hepatocellular injury; alkaline phosphatase (ALP), a marker of cholestatic liver impairment; triglycerides (TG); and soluble endoglin (Figure 1)—a recently suggested marker of liver fibrosis in NASH [28].