The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6533
22 Oct 2026, 14:45 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionHLA-DRB5 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered46090feabab6f999
discovery-0.45 p=0.227 n=9
replication+0.11 p=0.787 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.45, p 0.227)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTf31e09d349ca6124a84ebc2c…
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The swarm's case
receipt 6533: HLA-DRB5 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.28. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.04 (p 0.881, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.38 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HLA-DRB5 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.