The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8275
24 Oct 2026, 04:18 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionSESN2 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered04e4a750bda215d5
discovery+0.18 p=0.638 n=9
replication+0.28 p=0.459 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.638)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8275: SESN2 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample +0.22 (p 0.374, n 18), 95% CI -0.27 to +0.62. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.13 (p 0.609, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.10 to +0.36, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.22 (p 0.374, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SESN2 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.