The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7416
23 Oct 2026, 09:40 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionKBTBD12 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda76dc9ac31a8cefb
discovery-0.29 p=0.457 n=9
replication-0.02 p=0.965 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.457)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT540c370d0913898284854382…
follows 390e926a146b…
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The swarm's case
receipt 7416: KBTBD12 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.14 (p 0.573, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.35. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.741, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.09, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.14 (p 0.573, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KBTBD12 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.