Additionally, by overlapping the 4,170 DEGs with 38 CRGs, 9 DE-CRGs (MTF1, POLD1, NFE2L2, ACO2, PDHB, DLD, NDUFB2, PLAT, and PDHA1) that differed significantly between the NAFLD and control groups were identified (Figure 2A). This evidence concerns the gene MTF1 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.