The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6607
22 Oct 2026, 16:24 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionPCNX2 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8af466c5982991e4
discovery-0.62 p=0.073 n=9
replication-0.16 p=0.685 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.62, p 0.073)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6607: PCNX2 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.39 (p 0.114, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.10. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.39 (p 0.114, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PCNX2 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.