As reported, TGF-β is not only a key regulator of liver pathophysiology, but also one of the most important pro-fibrotic cytokines in the process of liver fibrosis (Xu et al., 2016; Wu et al., 2018b; Mu et al., 2018; Dewidar et al., 2019a; Dewidar et al., 2019b). Here, TGFB1 is linked to Hepatic fibrosis.