MeasurementWestern blotting(HTN): t-Bid, Bad, Bak, Bax, cytochrome-c, activated caspase-9 and caspase-3 were upregulated;(EX): Decreases in t-Bid, Bad, Bak, Bax, cytochrome-c, activated caspase-9 and caspase-3. Here, CASP9 is linked to hypertensive disorder.