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Sickle cell trait (SCT) is associated with incident exertional rhabdomyolysis, but its effect on disease progression and severity is poorly understood. Of 377 exertional rhabdomyolysis cases diagnosed between 2009 and 2018 in the active component of the U.S. Air Force, 200 had records available for chart review, and 185 of these had known SCT status. Pre- and post-event data were stratified by SCT status, and serum chemistry changes among SCT-positive (n=11) and SCT-negative (n=174) airmen were compared using Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests. Of the 200 cases with records available for chart review, 110 (55.0%) were hospitalized; 98 (56.3%) of the 174 who were SCT-negative were hospitalized. selleckchem Also hospitalized were 4 (36.4%) of the 11 who were SCT-positive, and 8 (53.3%) of the 15 with unknown SCT status. Of the 7 airmen who were admitted to intensive care, 4 required hemodialysis, and 1 underwent a fasciotomy; all 7 were SCT-negative. Alterations in creatine kinase, potassium, creatinine, troponin I, and hemoglobin were statistically equivalent between those with and without SCT. Providers should maintain a high index of suspicion for exertional rhabdomyolysis, especially in warm climates and in the context of high-intensity activities, but should not presume that the presence of SCT portends a higher risk of complications or worse clinical outcomes.Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood diagnosis and affects the pool of potential military applicants. Early detection and treatment of ADHD may decrease the risk of developing comorbidities; however, accession policy in place during this study period (2014-2018) disqualified applicants who used ADHD medication for more than 24 months cumulative after age 14. The objective of this study was to assess attrition from military service in newly accessed active component service members diagnosed with ADHD as compared to controls. In addition, attrition rates and incidence rates of mental health diagnoses were assessed in service members with ADHD by treatment status (i.e., treated vs untreated ADHD) where treatment was defined as being dispensed an FDA-approved ADHD medication at least twice within 181 days. Almost two-thirds (64.8%) of newly accessed ADHD cases in 2014 were identified after enlistment medical screening at Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) (i.e., post-MEPS). These post-MEPS ADHD cases accounted for 99.1% of the treated ADHD cases. The vast majority of treated cases (91.0%) were dispensed ADHD medication within 6 months of accession. The treated ADHD group had higher rates of attrition and incidence of mental health disorders during the followup period. These study findings highlight the problem of nondisclosure of ADHD among military applicants. Future changes to enlistment standards should consider the optimal way to promote applicant disclosure of ADHD during MEPS screening or for medical waiver review and should discourage withholding an ADHD diagnosis during enlistment.Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are pharmacological targets for the treatment of neuropathic pain, and the α6β4 subtype has been identified as particularly promising. Rat α6β4 nAChRs are less sensitive to some ligands than the human homologue potentially complicating the use of rodent α6β4 receptors for screening therapeutic compounds. We used molecular dynamics simulations coupled with functional assays to study the interaction between α-conotoxin PeIA and α6β4 nAChRs and to identify key ligand-receptor interactions that contribute to species differences in α-conotoxin potency. Our results show that human and rat α6β4 nAChRs have distinct ligand-binding motifs and show markedly different sensitivities to α-conotoxins. These studies facilitated the creation of PeIA-5667, a peptide that shows 270-fold higher potency for rat α6β4 nAChRs over native PeIA and similar potency for the human homologue. Our results may inform the design of therapeutic ligands that target α6β4 nAChRs for the treatment of neuropathic pain.Targeted delivery of therapeutic molecules using nanomaterials is desired to elicit specific responses toward diseases. Such an integrated synthesis of functional material using a microfluidic approach is a great challenge. Functional metal organic frameworks (MOFs) with unique structural diversity possess a complicated synthesis procedure thereby requiring a modest, straightforward approach to synthesize size-controllable MOFs. Here, we develop an integrated microfluidic chip to synthesize the aptamer-modified biozeolitic imidazolate framework (BioZIF-8) to target the lymph node and tumor. The first stage of the microfluidic chip forms the ZIF-8 encapsulating biomolecules (bovine serum albumin, small interfering ribonucleic acid, and doxorubicin). The second stage modifies the surface of BioZIF-8 with the aptamer. Our approach reduces the overall synthesis time (∼3 mg/10 min against 15 h for the conventional two-step method) and encapsulates a higher number of biomolecules. The microfluidic approach realizes the rapid and fine-tuned synthesis of functional MOFs integrated into one-step.Natural product congeners serve a useful role in the understanding of natural product biosynthesis and structure-activity relationships. A minor congener with superior activity, selectivity, and modifiable functional groups could serve as a more effective lead structure and replace even the original lead molecule that was used for medicinal chemistry modifications. Currently, no effective method exists to discover targeted congeners rapidly, specifically, and selectively from producing sources. Herein, a new method based on liquid-chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry combination is evaluated for targeted discovery of congeners of platensimycin and platencin from the extracts of Streptomyces platensis. By utilizing a precursor-ion searching protocol, tandem mass spectrometry not only confirmed the presence of known congeners but also provided unambiguous detection of many previously unknown congeners of platensimycin and platencin. This high-throughput and quantitative method can be rapidly and broadly applied for dereplication and congener discovery from a variety of producing sources, even when the targeted compounds are obscured by the presence of unrelated natural products.