Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about E2F8: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
E2F8 is an atypical E2F transcription factor that functions as a transcriptional repressor in cell cycle regulation, DNA replication, and has emerging roles in neuronal survival and neurodegenerative diseases.
| Gene Symbol | E2F8 |
| Full Name | E2F Transcription Factor 8 |
| Chromosome | 11p15.4 |
| Protein Family | E2F transcription factor family |
| Protein Type | Transcription Factor |
| Function | is a member of the E2F transcription factor family that plays critical roles in regulating cell cycle progression, DNA replication, and cellular proliferation. |
| Molecular Weight | 73 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 659 aa |
| Pathways | Cell Cycle |
| UniProt ID | Q0VXJ8 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 79733 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000156221 |
| OMIM | 614836 |
| GeneCards | E2F8 |
| Human Protein Atlas | E2F8 |
| Associated Diseases | Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease |
| Interactions | E2F1, E2F2, E2F3, E2F7, AND |
| KG Connections | 21 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
graph TD
E2F8["<b>E2F8</b>"]
Ms{"Ms"}
E2F8 -->|"activates"| Ms
Als{"Als"}
E2F8 -->|"regulates"| Als
ALS{"ALS"}
E2F8 -->|"regulates"| ALS
E2F1["E2F1"]
E2F8 -->|"activates"| E2F1
E2F2["E2F2"]
E2F8 -->|"activates"| E2F2
E2F3["E2F3"]
E2F8 -->|"activates"| E2F3
E2F7["E2F7"]
E2F8 -->|"activates"| E2F7
DNA["DNA"]
E2F8 -->|"regulates"| DNA
Cell_Cycle(["Cell Cycle"])
E2F8 -->|"regulates"| Cell_Cycle
T_Cell["T Cell"]
E2F8 -->|"expressed in"| T_Cell
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
E2F8 -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
E2F7 -->|"activates"| E2F8
E2F1 -->|"activates"| E2F8
E2F2 -->|"activates"| E2F8
E2F3 -->|"activates"| E2F8
DNA -->|"regulates"| E2F8
AND["AND"]
AND -->|"activates"| E2F8
style E2F8 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| endocycle | inhibits | process | 0.90 |
| genome ploidy | downregulates | phenotype | 0.85 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| E2F1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| E2F2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| E2F3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| E2F7 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Cell Cycle | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| T Cell | regulates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Hepatocyte | regulates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Cytokine | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| T Cell | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||