Furthermore, immunofluorescence analyses of normal versus malignant liver tissue revealed that HuR protein is down-regulated in normal human liver samples and up-regulated in HCC samples of different aetiologies (cirrhotic patients with HCV, alcoholic steatohepatitis, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)), where HuR concentration increased, proportionately, to their transformation status [189]. The gene discussed is ELAVL1; the disease is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.