Dr Denis Tvorogov

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Cancer Biology

College of Health


Year Citation
2025 Kan, W. L., Weekley, C. M., Nero, T. L., Hercus, T. R., Yip, K. H., Tumes, D. J., . . . Parker, M. W. (2025). The β Common Cytokine Receptor Family Reveals New Functional Paradigms From Structural Complexities. Immunological Reviews, 329(1), e13430-1-e13430-25.
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2024 Thompson, E. J., Escarbe, S., Tvorogov, D., Farshid, G., Gregory, P. A., Khew-Goodall, Y., . . . Bonder, C. S. (2024). Interleukin-3 production by basal-like breast cancer cells is associated with poor prognosis. Growth Factors, 42(2), 49-61.
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2024 Cildir, G., Aba, U., Pehlivan, D., Tvorogov, D., Warnock, N. I., Ipsir, C., . . . Erman, B. (2024). Defective kinase activity of IKKα leads to combined immunodeficiency and disruption of immune tolerance in humans. Nature Communications, 15(1), 9944-1-9944-18.
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2023 Nair, P. C., Piehler, J., Tvorogov, D., Ross, D. M., Lopez, A. F., Gotlib, J., & Thomas, D. (2023). Next-Generation JAK2 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Lessons from Structure-Based Drug Discovery Approaches. Blood Cancer Discovery, 4(5), 352-364.
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2023 Kan, W. L., Dhagat, U., Hercus, T. R., Kaufmann, K. B., Nero, T. L., Zeng, A. G. X., . . . Lopez, A. (2023). Distinct Assemblies of Heterodimeric Cytokine Receptors Govern Stemness Programs in Leukemia. Cancer Discovery, 13(8), 1922-1947.
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2022 Tvorogov, D., Thompson-Peach, C. A. L., Foßelteder, J., Dottore, M., Stomski, F., Onnesha, S. A., . . . Lopez, A. F. (2022). Targeting human CALR-mutated MPN progenitors with a neoepitope-directed monoclonal antibody. EMBO Reports, 23(4), e52904-1-e52904-12.
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2022 Brown, G. J., Cañete, P. F., Wang, H., Medhavy, A., Bones, J., Roco, J. A., . . . Vinuesa, C. G. (2022). TLR7 gain-of-function genetic variation causes human lupus. Nature, 605(7909), 349-356.
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2021 Ross, D. M., Babon, J. J., Tvorogov, D., & Thomas, D. (2021). Persistence of myelofibrosis treated with ruxolitinib: biology and clinical implications. Haematologica, 106(5), 1244-1253.
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2021 Kan, W. L., Cheung Tung Shing, K. S., Nero, T. L., Hercus, T. R., Tvorogov, D., Parker, M. W., & Lopez, A. F. (2021). Messing with βc: a unique receptor with many goals. Seminars in Immunology, 54(101513), 101513-1-101513-14.
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2020 Dorstyn, L., Tvorogov, D., Malek, S., & Robinson, N. (2020). The 9th Barossa Meeting: Cell Signalling in Cancer Medicine. Cell Death and Disease, 11(3), 3 pages.
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2020 Ojala, V. K., Knittle, A. M., Kirjalainen, P., Merilahti, J. A. M., Kortesoja, M., Tvorogov, D., . . . Elenius, K. (2020). The guanine nucleotide exchange factor VAV3 participates in ERBB4-mediated cancer cell migration. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295(33), 11559-11571.
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2018 Hercus, T., Kan, W., Broughton, S., Tvorogov, D., Ramshaw, H., Sandow, J., . . . Lopez, A. (2018). Role of the β common (βc) family of cytokines in health and disease. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 10(6), a028514.
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2018 Tvorogov, D., Thomas, D., Liau, N. P. D., Dottore, M., Barry, E. F., Lathi, M., . . . Lopez, A. F. (2018). Accumulation of JAK activation loop phosphorylation is linked to type I JAK inhibitor withdrawal syndrome in myelofibrosis. Science Advances, 4(11), 1-12.
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2015 Moldenhauer, L., Cockshell, M., Frost, L., Parham, K., Tvorogov, D., Tan, L., . . . Bonder, C. (2015). Interleukin-3 greatly expands non-adherent endothelial forming cells with pro-angiogenic properties. Stem Cell Research, 14(3), 380-395.
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2015 Broughton, S. E., Nero, T. L., Dhagat, U., Kan, W. L., Hercus, T. R., Tvorogov, D., . . . Parker, M. W. (2015). The βc receptor family - Structural insights and their functional implications. Cytokine, 74(2), 247-258.
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2014 Jeltsch, M., Jha, S. K., Tvorogov, D., Anisimov, A., Leppanen, V. M., Holopainen, T., . . . Alitalo, K. (2014). CCBE1 enhances lymphangiogenesis via a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs-3-mediated vascular endothelial growth factor-C activation. Circulation : journal of the American Heart Association, 129(19), 1962-1971.
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2014 Yao, L. C., Testini, C., Tvorogov, D., Anisimov, A., Vargas, S. O., Baluk, P., . . . McDonald, D. M. (2014). Pulmonary lymphangiectasia resulting from vascular endothelial growth factor-C overexpression during a critical period. Circulation Research, 114(5), 806-822.
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2013 Anisimov, A., Leppanen, V. M., Tvorogov, D., Zarkada, G., Jeltsch, M., Holopainen, T., . . . Alitalo, K. (2013). The basis for the distinct biological activities of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 ligands. Science signaling, 6(282).
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2013 Leppänen, V. M., Tvorogov, D., Kisko, K., Prota, A. E., Jeltsch, M., Anisimov, A., . . . Alitalo, K. (2013). Structural and mechanistic insights into VEGF receptor 3 ligand binding and activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(32), 12960-12965.
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2013 Anisimov, A., Tvorogov, D., Alitalo, A. K., Leppanen, V. M., An, Y., Han, E. C., . . . Alitalo, K. (2013). Vascular endothelial growth factor-angiopoietin chimera with improved properties for therapeutic angiogenesis. Circulation : journal of the American Heart Association, 127(4), 424-434.
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2012 Holopainen, T., Lopez Alpuche, V., Zheng, W., Heljasvaara, R., Jones, D., He, Y., . . . Alitalo, K. (2012). Deletion of the endothelial Bmx tyrosine kinase decreases tumor angiogenesis and growth. Cancer research, 72(14), 3512-3521.
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2012 Keuschnigg, J., Tvorogov, D., Elima, K., Salmi, M., Alitalo, K., Salminen, T., & Jalkanen, S. (2012). PV-1 is recognized by the PAL-E antibody and forms complexes with NRP-1. Blood, 120(1), 232-235.
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2011 Tammela, T., Zarkada, G., Nurmi, H., Jakobsson, L., Heinolainen, K., Tvorogov, D., . . . Alitalo, K. (2011). VEGFR-3 controls tip to stalk conversion at vessel fusion sites by reinforcing Notch signalling. Nature cell biology, 13(10), 1202-1213.
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2011 Leppanen, V. M., Jeltsch, M., Anisimov, A., Tvorogov, D., Aho, K., Kalkkinen, N., . . . Alitalo, K. (2011). Structural determinants of vascular endothelial growth factor-D receptor binding and specificity. Blood, 117(5), 1507-1515.
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2010 Sundvall, M., Veikkolainen, V., Kurppa, K., Salah, Z., Tvorogov, D., van Zoelen, E. J., . . . Elenius, K. (2010). Cell death or survival promoted by alternative isoforms of ErbB4. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 21(23), 4275-4286.
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2010 Tvorogov, D., Anisimov, A., Zheng, W., Leppanen, V. M., Tammela, T., Laurinavicius, S., . . . Alitalo, K. (2010). Effective suppression of vascular network formation by combination of antibodies blocking VEGFR ligand binding and receptor dimerization. Cancer Cell, 18(6), 630-640.
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2010 Zhou, F., Chang, Z., Zhang, L., Hong, Y. K., Shen, B., Wang, B., . . . He, Y. (2010). Akt/protein kinase B is required for lymphatic network formation, remodeling, and valve development. American Journal of Pathology, 177(4), 2124-2133.
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2009 Iivainen, E., Lauttia, S., Zhang, N., Tvorogov, D., Kulmala, J., Grenman, R., . . . Elenius, K. (2009). The EGFR inhibitor gefitinib suppresses recruitment of pericytes and bone marrow-derived perivascular cells into tumor vessels. Microvascular research, 78(3), 278-285.
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2009 Tvorogov, D., Sundvall, M., Kurppa, K., Hollmen, M., Johnson, M. S., & Elenius, K. (2009). Somatic mutations of ErbB4: selective loss-of-function phenotype affecting signal transduction pathways in cancer. Journal of biological chemistry, 284(9), 5582-5591.
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  • Defining the Structure-Activity Relationship of a Targetable Neoepitope to Improve Outcomes in CALR+ Myelofibrosis , NHMRC - Ideas Grants, 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2020 External Supervisor Transforming growth factor beta as a differential regulator of Beta common receptor and Interleukin 3 receptor alpha expression. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Sepideh Azizi Taramsary
2020 External Supervisor Transforming growth factor beta as a differential regulator of Beta common receptor and Interleukin 3 receptor alpha expression. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Sepideh Azizi Taramsary

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