IL6 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Moreover, in subjects with MASLD, there is an overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 6 (IL-6) or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and procoagulant factors (fibrinogen; plasminogen activator inhibitor-1), or adhesion molecules (vascular adhesion protein-1), predisposing individuals to chronic low-grade inflammation [22,23].