HAPLN1 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: The top five terms were “Protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum,” “Proteasome,” “Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease,” “Plant-pathogen interaction,” and “Tuberculosis.” As expected, 11 upregulated DEGs were involved in carotenoid biosynthesis, including LUT1, lcyB, crtL1, crtY, ZDS, crtQ, PDS, crtP, crtZ, crtB, and Z-ISO.