The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5270
21 Oct 2026, 11:38 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionSLC33A1 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredeccb231048128244
discovery+0.34 p=0.374 n=9
replication+0.03 p=0.946 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.34, p 0.374)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5270: SLC33A1 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample +0.11 (p 0.664, n 18), 95% CI -0.38 to +0.55. 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
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.12 (p 0.640, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.20, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.11 (p 0.664, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC33A1 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.