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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15798
31 Oct 2026, 02:58 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionVANGL2 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9942c4b179cf6ee0
discovery-0.24 p=0.539 n=9
replication-0.11 p=0.775 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.24, p 0.539)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT8057ec4cba578df8f08f4068…
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receipt 15798: VANGL2 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.13 (p 0.621, n 18), 95% CI -0.56 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.393, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.02, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.13 (p 0.621, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for VANGL2 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.