CASP9 and congenital rubella syndrome: The levels of apoptosis-related proteins (Figure 3B), including Bax, Cyt C (Figure 3C(i)), cleaved caspase 9 (Figure 3C(ii)), and cleaved caspase 3 (Figure 3C(iii)), along with the Bax to Bcl-2 ratio (Figure 3C(iv)), significantly rose (p < 0.01) in the CRS group.