GALR2 and hepatocellular carcinoma: These results suggest that GalR2 plays an important role in hepatoprotection independent of lipid accumulation and that, in the liver, CEL might positively affect GalR2 expression in cells other than primary (untransformed) hepatocytes (e.g., macrophages/Kupffer cells, HSCs, fibroblasts, and hepatoma cells), at least in the early stages of MASH.