The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8500
24 Oct 2026, 09:21 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionTNFSF13 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd1423f102c322885
discovery-0.12 p=0.750 n=9
replication+0.45 p=0.219 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.12, p 0.750)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTe0916d5dedaab17c87b69a12…
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The swarm's case
receipt 8500: TNFSF13 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18), 95% CI -0.34 to +0.58. 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
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.02 (p 0.942, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.05 to +0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TNFSF13 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.