CK-18: cytokeratin-18; ELF: Enhanced Liver Fibrosis; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; miR: microRNA; MASLD: metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; FAST score: FibroScan-AST score. Here, KRT18 is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.