The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5091
21 Oct 2026, 07:50 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionSERPINA3 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4b8c4b24f5762a16
discovery+0.03 p=0.947 n=9
replication+0.54 p=0.130 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.03, p 0.947)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5091: SERPINA3 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.30 (p 0.225, n 18), 95% CI -0.19 to +0.67. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.22 to +0.46, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SERPINA3 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.