LATS2 degradation promoted fibrosis damage and rescued by vitamin K3 in lupus nephritis.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was proved by the Ethics Committee of Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital (approval number: KYk-2022–013) and all animal researches in compliance with ethical regulations for animal experiments of Southern Medical University (approval number: SMUL2022326). Consent for publicationAll the authors have read the final version and approved for publication. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82172346) and the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project (2023A03J1041) to Minmin Li, the Major Scientific and Technological Projects of Guangdong Province (2019B020202002) and Science and Technology Innovation Project of Guangdong Provincial Drug Administration (2022ZDZ08) to Shuwen Liu."