Furthermore, in the different stages of rat fibrotic liver from GSE65220, Emp1 has the highest expression in NASH compared to other stages, such as healthy, NAFL, and NAFLD with T2DM (type 2 diabetes; log2FC = 2.157, P = 9.92 × 10−3; Figure 3(i)). Here, EMP1 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.