The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8859
24 Oct 2026, 17:31 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionSIRPA in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered71b05aa87f85bcca
discovery+0.05 p=0.891 n=9
replication-0.55 p=0.121 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.05, p 0.891)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8859: SIRPA in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.306, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.26 (p 0.306, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.26 (p 0.306, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.34 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.306, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SIRPA in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.