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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2018 May 24;78(13):3731–3739. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-3175

Figure 3. Tau mutations increase the risk of cancer.

Figure 3

a Mutated tau alters microtubule dynamics producing an unstable mitotic spindle, which in turn leads to chromosome missegregation. b Mutated tau fails to protect chromatin structure and DNA integrity, producing chromosome structural aberrations. c Mutated tau induces an aberrant cell cycle activation. All these pathological events can increase the risk of developing cancer.