NQO1 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Upregulation in hepatic NQO1 gene expression was found in various rodent diet-induced or MSG-induced MASLD models (Deng et al. 2019; Fisher et al. 2008; Lee et al. 2016; Matouskova et al. 2015; Wang et al. 2018; Zhu et al. 2017).