The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7459
23 Oct 2026, 10:38 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionRIPK3 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7a9b8f9a5e5e1478
discovery+0.20 p=0.613 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.499 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.20, p 0.613)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7459: RIPK3 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.05 (p 0.840, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.43. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.983, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.17 to +0.10, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.05 (p 0.840, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RIPK3 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.