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. 2023 Sep 26;14:6009. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41677-w

Fig. 3. Receptor-mediated interactions explaining longitudinal neurodegeneration in PD.

Fig. 3

a Statistically stable biological mechanisms in PD show significant receptor-mediated contributions. The angle of each outer sector is proportional to the mean weight of each stable (99% confidence interval) re-MCM model weight across the PD patients. The inner sectors represent the 6 modeled biological factors. Within each factor, the intermediate sectors represent the neurotransmitter system involved, while the outer sector consists of the specific two-way receptor-pathology interactions or direct predictor terms in the model. Notably, biological factors may appear as both model predictors (outer sector) and targets (inner sector). b Effect size (number of chords) of statistically stable interactions between any pair of biological factors modeled in PD.