The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6366
22 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionA2M in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddb35f869f8c4ddc4
discovery+0.36 p=0.348 n=9
replication-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.36, p 0.348)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6366: A2M in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample +0.15 (p 0.561, n 18), 95% CI -0.34 to +0.57. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.04 to +0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.15 (p 0.561, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for A2M in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.