Updated project metadata. This study tests whether hepatic steatosis, independent of inflammation, alters the hepatocyte protein secretory profile, and examines whether changes in the secretory products contribute to the development of metabolic dysfunction in other cell types. Mouse hepatocytes were isolated by flow cytometry and cultured in serum-free conditions. Conditioned media was used for LC/MS analysis to compare hepatocytes from chow fed animals to high-fat diet animals with liver steatosis.