Fig. 2.

Dynamic expression patterns of DEGs during NAFLD progression. A Dynamic expression profiles of DEGs. Each box represents a temporal expression model profile. The black line indicates the model expression trend. The red lines represent the individual gene expression at different periods. The profile ID is shown in the top left corner, and the number of gene in the profile is shown in the bottom left corner. The colored profiles indicate that a statistically significant number of genes was assigned to the profile. B–E Classified gene expression trends in the 4 meaningful trends were present in different stages. The top five DEGs ranked by expression fold changes in each profile were presented in the line charts