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Teresa Monkkonen

tmonkkonen@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0001-6245-7610
Research Relationships

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, 2023-Present
    Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-2022
    Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, US
  • Research Technician, 2007-2008
    Biochemistry, Gary Nelsestuen, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, US

  • PhD, 2008-2016
    Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, US
  • Bachelor of Science, 2003-2007
    Rice University, Houston, TX, US

Profile updated September 4, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Endothelial Cell Autophagy Suppresses Metastasis In Mouse Mammary and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Models
Nancy León-Rivera; Brayden Chin; Ashley Quintana; Sofia Bustamante-Eguíguren; Anthony Gacasan; Monica Nanni; Jayanta Debnath; Teresa Monkkonen
Biorxiv, 2026, preprint
Endothelial cells Metastasis Oncology
Fibroblast heterogeneity and functions: insights from single-cell sequencing in wound healing, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and melanoma
Omar Lujano Olazaba; Jeffrey Farrow; Teresa Monkkonen
Frontiers in Genetics, 2024, journal article
Breast--Cancer Fibroblasts Melanoma Oncology Wound healing
The 2023 generation: Twelve early-career investigators share their thoughts on the experiences they had starting their laboratories in 2023 and reflect on the opportunities they seized and the challenges they faced.
Teresa Monkkonen
Nature Cancer, 2023, journal article
Career development Laboratories
Autophagy in stromal fibroblasts promotes tumor desmoplasia and mammary tumorigenesis.
Teresa Monkkonen
Genes & Development, 2021, journal article
Fibroblasts Molecular biology Oncology Tumors
The LC3-conjugation machinery specifies the loading of RNA-binding proteins into extracellular vesicles
Teresa Monkkonen
Nature Cell Biology, 2020, journal article
Biochemistry Cell interaction Molecular biology Proteins

Unraveling the Breast: Advances in Mammary Biology and Cancer Methods
Teresa Monkkonen; Gunnhildur Ásta Traustadóttir; Zuzana Koledova
Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia, 2020, journal article
Breast Cancer Genetics Molecular biology
S100a4-Cre–mediated deletion of Ptch1 causes hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: role of pituitary hematopoietic cells in endocrine regulation
Teresa Monkkonen; et al.
Jci Insight, 2019, journal article
Cell interaction Gene expression Molecular biology Ovaries Pituitary gland
Epithelial and non-epithelial Ptch1 play opposing roles to regulate proliferation and morphogenesis of the mouse mammary gland
Teresa Monkkonen; John D. Landua; Adriana P. Visbal; Michael T. Lewis
Development, 2017, journal article
Cell proliferation Mammary glands Molecular biology Morphogenesis
Inflammatory Signaling Cascades and Autophagy in Cancer
Teresa Monkkonen
Autophagy, 2017, journal article
Cellular signal transduction Inflammation Molecular biology Oncology
New paradigms for the Hedgehog signaling network in mammary gland development and breast Cancer
Teresa Monkkonen
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta Reviews on Cancer, 2017, journal article
Cellular signal transduction Developmental biology Mammary glands Oncology
O-glycoside biomarker of apolipoprotein C3: Responsiveness to obesity, bariatric surgery, and therapy with metformin, to chronic or severe liver disease and to mortality in severe sepsis and graft VS host disease
Harvey, S.B.; Zhang, Y.; Wilson-Grady, J.; Teresa Monkkonen; et al.
Journal of Proteome Research, 2009, journal article
Apolipoproteins Biochemical markers Metabolism Mortality Obesity
Urinary peptide patterns in native kidneys and kidney allografts
Zhang, Y.; Oetting, W.S.; Harvey, S.B.; Stone, M.D.; Teresa Monkkonen; et al.
Transplantation, 2009, journal article
Kidneys Proteomics Urine