revealed that HCV core protein can bind to retinol-like X receptor (RXR)-α and continuously activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α), continuously activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α), promote steatosis, and induce oxidative stress, eventually leading to the occurrence of liver cancer (112, 113). Here, PPARA is linked to steatosis.