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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9508
25 Oct 2026, 07:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionIL27RA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredbc9cd3d10495e6b9
discovery-0.52 p=0.150 n=9
replication-0.41 p=0.272 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.52, p 0.150)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9508: IL27RA in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.36 (p 0.142, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.40 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IL27RA in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.