Other studies have implicated the AEBP1 gene and the ACLP protein in fibrosis, including lung fibrosis (Schissel et al., 2009), liver fibrosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (Lou et al., 2017; Teratani et al., 2018; Gerhard et al., 2019), and renal fibrosis (Liu et al., 2023). The gene discussed is AEBP1; the disease is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.