The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4860
21 Oct 2026, 02:42 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionAPC2 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0d2c08b8f047f34b
discovery-0.17 p=0.665 n=9
replication-0.07 p=0.855 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.665)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTc75d763bf6d2d5b8c92cd311…
follows 360f5649a240…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4860: APC2 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18), 95% CI -0.56 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.15 (p 0.549, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.31 to -0.05, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for APC2 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.