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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2465
18 Oct 2026, 22:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHLA-DRB1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc54f78d014eb5741
discovery-0.22 p=0.567 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.502 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.22, p 0.567)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2465: HLA-DRB1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.02 (p 0.949, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.956, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.01 (p 0.962, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.09 to +0.14, sign flips 8; without severely affected donors +0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HLA-DRB1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.