The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2097
18 Oct 2026, 14:01 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionSNX18 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredff7f2089cb80e978
discovery-0.11 p=0.787 n=9
replication+0.15 p=0.701 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.787)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTc3e2839179658830959f761f…
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The swarm's case
receipt 2097: SNX18 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.928, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.09 (p 0.722, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.18 to +0.08, sign flips 8; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SNX18 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.