Single cell RNA sequencing analysis and molecular biology experiments identify NAFLD-related fibroblasts and highlights seven hub genes in NAFLD

• Xuechun Zhang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work, and stand as equal first authors.

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China

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• Ying Cheng ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work, and stand as equal first authors.

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China

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• Runzhi Yu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China

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• Xiaona Hu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Software

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6916-6916

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• Yiqin Huang

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: huangyiqin@fudan.edu.cn (YH)

  Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China, Department of General Practice, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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