Six readers
| reader | found | score |
|---|---|---|
| genetics Open Targets | no genetic evidence; overall 0.25 from other evidence | 0.00 |
| cell type Human Protein Atlas | expressed broadly, no clear home in brain cells | 0.40 |
| chemistry Open Targets | compounds already reach it: imd-1041, imd-0354, as-602868 +3 | 0.90 |
| trials ClinicalTrials.gov | no Parkinson's trials on record: an open field | 1.00 |
| literature PubMed | 2 Parkinson's papers of 393 | 0.85 |
| pathways Reactome | 29 pathways; mostly immune signalling | 0.90 |
Knock down and overexpress IKBKB in a dopamine neuron, astrocyte and microglia tri-culture; measure IL-1β and TNF release and surface HLA-DR and dopamine neuron survival after α-synuclein fibril challenge.
- Cell type
- a dopamine neuron, astrocyte and microglia tri-culture
- Direction
- Both arms: public data does not say which way helps; existing compounds already reach the inhibition arm.
- Molecular readout
- IL-1β and TNF release and surface HLA-DR
- Functional readout
- dopamine neuron survival after α-synuclein fibril challenge
- Rule-out
- If neither arm moves IL-1β by 20% or more against non-targeting and empty-vector controls, across three independent differentiations, the hypothesis is wrong.
- Lab request
- CRISPRi knockdown and lentiviral overexpression of IKBKB in a tri-culture of iPSC dopamine neurons, astrocytes and microglia; n = 3 differentiations; readouts: IL-1β and TNF release and surface HLA-DR; dopamine neuron survival after α-synuclein fibril challenge. Controls: non-targeting guide, empty vector. About 8 to 10 weeks, most of it differentiation.
Sealed predictions
- IKBKB in dopamine neurons, braak-0.64 (p 0.065) → +0.02 (p 0.964)receipt 1681
Swarm cases
receipt 1681: IKBKB in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.47 (p 0.047, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to -0.01. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.47 (p 0.047, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.50 (p 0.036, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.58 to -0.41, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.47 (p 0.047, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IKBKB in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.
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