The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4108
20 Oct 2026, 10:05 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionRHBDF2 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1f9e238eab5f958d
discovery-0.41 p=0.273 n=9
replication-0.04 p=0.912 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.41, p 0.273)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4108: RHBDF2 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.34 (p 0.173, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.34 (p 0.173, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RHBDF2 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.