The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10922
26 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionALOX5 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredbd4d1fdae0aac876
discovery-0.29 p=0.442 n=9
replication-0.61 p=0.078 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.442)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTe79adeb893de2e5e9ae2be00…
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The swarm's case
receipt 10922: ALOX5 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.40 (p 0.101, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.34 (p 0.170, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.109, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.50 to -0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.40 (p 0.101, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ALOX5 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.