“…Birerdinc et al [ 57 ], in a cohort of 241 morbidly obese patients, showed that IL-8 positively correlates with several cytokines (e.g., IL-10, IL-12, IL-13, IL-17, and TNF-α). Liver damage indicators (e.g., such as ballooning, bridging, infiltrating Kupffer cells, polymorphonuclear neutrophils, pericellular fibrosis, portal fibrosis, and portal inflammation) showed positive correlations with IL-8, suggesting that IL-8 plays a crucial role in systemic inflammation progression and, more importantly, contributes significantly to the escalating severity of liver disease in NAFLD [ 57 ].…”