The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4305
20 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionITGAL in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered049398ccac00f227
discovery+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
replication+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.05, p 0.893)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT294edc98b2083efa9aafcefc…
follows c99d7b42fe99…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4305: ITGAL in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample +0.03 (p 0.908, n 18), 95% CI -0.44 to +0.49. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.00 (p 0.990, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.12 to +0.13, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors +0.03 (p 0.908, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ITGAL in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.