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Earlier immunological studies have been focused on the importance of the innate immune response in the pathophysiology of steatohepatitis and fibrosis, but recently, it has also been reported that adaptive immunity, particularly B cells, plays an essential role in hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. However, despite recent data showing the importance of adaptive immunity, relatively little is known about the role of B cells in the pathogenesis of steatohepatitis fibrosis. In this study, a single-cell-based, high-dimensional mass cytometric investigation of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells collected from mice belonging to three groups [normal chow (NC), thioacetamide (TAA), and 11beta-HSD inhibitor drug] was conducted to further understand the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis through reliable noninvasive biomarkers. Firstly, major immune cell types and their population changes were qualitatively analyzed using UMAP dimensionality reduction and two-dimensional visualization technique combined with a conventional manual gating strategy. The population of B cells displayed a twofold increase in the TAA group compared to that in the NC group, which was recovered slightly after treatment with the 11beta-HSD inhibitor drug. In contrast, the populations of NK cells, effector CD4<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>T cells, and memory CD8<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>T cells were significantly reduced in the TAA group compared with those in the NC group. Further identification and quantification of the major immune cell types and their subsets were\u00a0conducted based on automated clustering approaches [PhenoGraph (PG) and\u00a0FlowSOM]. The B-cell subset corresponding to PhenoGraph cluster PG#2 (CD62L<jats:sup>high<\/jats:sup>CD44<jats:sup>high<\/jats:sup>Ly6c<jats:sup>high<\/jats:sup>B cells) and PG#3 (CD62L<jats:sup>high<\/jats:sup>CD44<jats:sup>high<\/jats:sup>Ly6c<jats:sup>low<\/jats:sup>B cell) appears to play a major role in both the development of hepatic fibrosis and recovery<jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic>treatment, whereas PG#1 (CD62L<jats:sup>low<\/jats:sup>CD44<jats:sup>high<\/jats:sup>Ly6c<jats:sup>low<\/jats:sup>B cell) seems to play a dominant role in the development of hepatic fibrosis. 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