Pro‐inflammatory cytokines such as IL‐12, IL‐6, IL‐1β, and TNF‐α may have a crucial role in the development and progression of NAFLD by promoting IR, OS, liver inflammation, cell death, apoptosis, and liver fibrosis (de Souza Teixeira et al., 2018; Rabelo et al., 2010). Here, IL6 is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.