It was demonstrated that overexpressed METTL14 stabilized m6A-modified ATP citrate lyase (ACLY) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) mRNA to increase their expression, thereafter aggravated FA synthesis and lipid accumulation, which contributed to DNA damage, chronic inflammation, cell apoptosis, excessive compensatory cell proliferation in livers, further developing non-alcohol Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and HCC [114]. This evidence concerns the gene SCD and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.