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Compared with healthy control, m6A RNA methyltransferase 3 (METTL3) and METTL14 increased, while Wilms tumor 1-associated protein (WTAP) and RNA-binding motif protein 15 (RBM15) decreased significantly in NAFLD, and the m6A demethylases fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) elevated. Meanwhile, the m6A binding proteins, YT521-B homology (YTH) domain-containing 1 (YTHDC1), YTHDC2, insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1), heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C (HNRNPC), and HNRNPA2B1 were decreased, while eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit H (EIF3H) was increased significantly. All these changes of m6A regulators had significant differences between healthy control and NAFLD, but no differences between the NAFL and NASH group. The expression level of RBM15, HNRNPC, and HNRNPA2B1 were related to body fat index. RBM15, YTHDC2, HNRNPC, HNRNPA2B1, and EIF3H were related to steatosis. Also, KIAA1429 and YTH domain family 1 (YTHDF1) were related to lobular inflammation. Taken together, m6A regulators were involved in the occurrence of NAFLD. More importantly, abnormal MYC was determined as a key link to m6A regulation of NAFLD. The higher MYC mRNA level was accompanied by higher HDL cholesterol and unsaturated fatty acid proportions, as well as lower fat mass, glucose, and transaminase. 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