MME and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: From the vertical perspective, 10 genes were related to NAFLD: Tnf, Ccr2, Tlr2, Lgals3, Ccl5, Cxcl, Sell, Lilrb4a, Lilr4b, and Fabp5. The four genes relevant to cholestasis were Tnf, Ccr2, Cxcl2, and Mme. Five genes (Tnf, Tlr2, Lgals3, Ccl5, and Itgb2) were connected with PBC.