Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about LATS2: 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.
LATS2 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, therapeutic target, inhibits. Associated with Als, Alzheimer, Cancer. Connected to 30 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | LATS2 |
| Full Name | Large Tumor Suppressor Kinase 2 |
| Chromosome | 13q12.11 |
| Protein Type | Serine/Threonine Kinase |
| Primary Expression | neural progenitor cells of the ventricular and subventricular zones, where it cooperates with LATS1 to restrict progenitor proliferati |
| Amino Acids | 1088 aa |
| Exons | 9 |
| Pathways | NF-κB |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000150457 |
| GeneCards | LATS2 |
| Human Protein Atlas | LATS2 |
| Associated Diseases | Breast Cancer |
| Interactions | RAB27A, MICRORNAS, YAP, APOPTOSIS, CANCER, AND |
| KG Connections | 41 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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LATS2["<b>LATS2</b>"]
Cardiovascular["Cardiovascular"]
LATS2 -->|"regulates"| Cardiovascular
Cancer{"Cancer"}
LATS2 -->|"inhibits"| Cancer
Ms{"Ms"}
LATS2 -->|"activates"| Ms
Tumor{"Tumor"}
LATS2 -->|"activates"| Tumor
Als{"Als"}
LATS2 -->|"activates"| Als
Alzheimer{"Alzheimer"}
LATS2 -->|"therapeutic target"| Alzheimer
RAB27A["RAB27A"]
LATS2 -->|"activates"| RAB27A
MICRORNAS["MICRORNAS"]
LATS2 -->|"inhibits"| MICRORNAS
YAP["YAP"]
LATS2 -->|"inhibits"| YAP
APOPTOSIS["APOPTOSIS"]
LATS2 -->|"activates"| APOPTOSIS
LATS2 -->|"activates"| YAP
Apoptosis(["Apoptosis"])
LATS2 -->|"activates"| Apoptosis
MST2["MST2"]
MST2 -->|"activates"| LATS2
YAP -->|"inhibits"| LATS2
RAB27A -->|"activates"| LATS2
HIPPO["HIPPO"]
HIPPO -->|"activates"| LATS2
LATS1["LATS1"]
LATS1 -->|"activates"| LATS2
TAZ["TAZ"]
TAZ -->|"activates"| LATS2
TCF3["TCF3"]
TCF3 -->|"therapeutic target"| LATS2
ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE["ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"]
ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE -->|"therapeutic target"| LATS2
AXIN["AXIN"]
AXIN -->|"therapeutic target"| LATS2
CANCER["CANCER"]
CANCER -->|"inhibits"| LATS2
AND["AND"]
AND -->|"activates"| LATS2
style LATS2 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cell Fate | regulates | process | 0.95 |
| ESR1 | interacts_with | protein | 0.85 |
| luminal phenotype | suppresses | phenotype | 0.85 |
| breast cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.85 |
| Tumor Suppression | involved_in | process | 0.80 |
| ERα | controls_cell_fate_via_crosstalk | protein | 0.80 |
| Breast Cancer | associated_with | disease | 0.80 |
| Luminal Epithelial Cell Differentiation | regulates | process | 0.75 |
| Cancer | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| RAB27A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DISC1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| APC | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| POLE | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MICRORNAS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| YAP | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| YAP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Wnt | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| CANCER | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Macrophage | activates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Hepatocyte | activates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Macrophage | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| cancer | inhibits | disease | 0.50 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| MST2 | activates | gene | 0.80 |
| RAB27A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| LATS1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TAZ | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TCF3 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| YAP | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| HIPPO | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| AXIN | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| MICRORNAS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
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 | ||||