The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9789
25 Oct 2026, 13:56 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionKIF21B in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede4a9df2a05292939
discovery-0.31 p=0.419 n=9
replication+0.60 p=0.090 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.31, p 0.419)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9789: KIF21B in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.00 (p 0.997, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.956, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.10 (p 0.690, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.12 to +0.13, sign flips 10; without severely affected donors -0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KIF21B in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.