Zhuyue GAO, Zhengyu LU, Shuna CUI, et al. Projects on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases Funded by the National NaturalScience Foundation of China from 2015 to 2021[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2022, 63(7): 618-623.
Zhuyue GAO, Zhengyu LU, Shuna CUI, et al. Projects on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases Funded by the National NaturalScience Foundation of China from 2015 to 2021[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2022, 63(7): 618-623.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.07.004.
Projects on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases Funded by the National NaturalScience Foundation of China from 2015 to 2021
The general projects, young scientists projects, and regional projects on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for cardiovascular diseases funded by the National Natrual Science Foundation of China(NSFC) from 2015 to 2021 were reviewed, and the funding situation, research direction, research characteristics and existing problems were analyzed, to help applicants and supporting institutions understand the hotspots and trends of basic researches related to cardiovascular diseases. From 2015 to 2021, NSFC accepted the applications of 36
480 general, young scientists, and regional projects, and finally funded 4
476 (12.27%) projects. A total of 2
687 projects on cardiovascular diseases have been applied, accounting for 7.37% of the total number of applications in TCM disciplines; 298 out of 2
687 (11.09%) projects have been funded, accounting for 6.66% of the total funding projects in TCM. Fifty-eight supporting institutions were involved, and 11 institutions received funding of more than 10 projects. The top three institutions were Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (24 projects), Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (23 projects), and Hunan University of Chinese Medicine (21 projects). The main diseases studied were myocardial ischemia (83 projects, 27.85%), arteriosclerosis (72 projects, 24.16%), hypertension (51 projects, 17.11%), heart failure (47 projects, 15.77%), coronary heart disease (36 projects, 12.08%), and arrhythmia (9 projects, 3.02%). The hotspots of the funded researches were signaling pathways (135 projects, 45.3%), autophagy and apoptosis (32 projects, 10.74%), ventricular remodeling (30 projects, 10.07%), mitochondria (27 projects, 9.06%), methylation (23 projects, 7.72%), and exosomes (21 projects, 7.05%). Moreover, it was found that the basic researches on TCM for cardiovascular diseases had certain problems, such as insufficient researches on TCM theories and scientific connotations, lack of continuity and integrity, unplanned adjustments of research protocols, and lack of innovation in scientific ideas and design. Therefore, in the future, people are suggested to not only concern international hotspots and learn modern theories and methods, but also put focus on the inheritance of classical thinking and theories in TCM. Additionally, it is suggested to put forward the scientific hypothesis according to the objective of the project, focus on the scientific issues and optimize the research methods, so as to further explore the modern scientific connotation of TCM in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
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