Our western blot results (Figure 3d) revealed that antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 was significantly more highly expressed in the Ctrl group than in the HF group rats (P < 0.05) while the HF + Hx group showed a significantly increased expression of Bcl-2 (P < 0.05) when compared to the HF group. The gene discussed is BCL2; the disease is hydrops fetalis.