The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0282
16 Oct 2026, 21:04 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionCTSB in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered730ec86e550d349a
discovery+0.21 p=0.586 n=9
replication-0.63 p=0.068 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.21, p 0.586)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT7818290ab36a0abb00b6c771…
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The swarm's case
receipt 0282: CTSB in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.243, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.26 (p 0.298, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.31 (p 0.207, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.48 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.243, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CTSB in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.