NEK7 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Furthermore, the level of NEK7 in the fibrotic livers of NAFLD patients (fibrosis stage:4) also showed a decrement with a p-value of 0.0909 as analyzed by a two tailed t-test and a p-value of 0.0455 by a one tailed t-test (Supplementary Fig. 10m).