The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2129
18 Oct 2026, 14:43 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionLRRC37A2 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc534f3f79a18012d
discovery-0.05 p=0.891 n=9
replication+0.19 p=0.623 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.05, p 0.891)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTb4be5c531fff0ea9ff79a802…
follows 4062b6a09a76…
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The swarm's case
receipt 2129: LRRC37A2 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.04 (p 0.867, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.50. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.06 (p 0.800, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.19 (p 0.444, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.07 to +0.18, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors +0.04 (p 0.867, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LRRC37A2 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.