The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9633
25 Oct 2026, 10:24 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionULK2 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredeb1d56d4c90ae134
discovery-0.30 p=0.436 n=9
replication-0.39 p=0.303 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.30, p 0.436)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9633: ULK2 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.182, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.31 (p 0.204, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ULK2 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.