The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5627
21 Oct 2026, 19:21 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionLILRB4 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered64523fef11ea5b8d
discovery-0.58 p=0.103 n=9
replication-0.37 p=0.329 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.58, p 0.103)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTfbe2881074cada01e0d59423…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5627: LILRB4 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.328, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.25. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.34 to -0.13, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.328, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LILRB4 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.