“…Sections (4 m) were prepared and stained with periodic acid-Schiff and Masson trichrome. Immunohistochemical stainings were performed as previously described (3). The other paraffin sections were treated with primary antibody, rabbit anti-TRPM6 (Osenses, Keswick, SA, Australia), diluted 1:15,000, rabbit anti-Na ϩ -Cl Ϫ cotransporter (NCC; Merck, Darmstadt, Germany), diluted 1:8,000, mouse anti-␣-smooth muscle actin (␣-SMA; Progen Biotechnik, Heidelberg, Germany), diluted 1:2,500 for 16 h at 4°C, or mouse anti-Na ϩ -Ca 2ϩ exchanger 1 (NCX1; Swant Swiss Antibodies, Marly, Switzerland) diluted 1:2,000 for 1 h at room temperature followed by Dako Cytomation EnVision plus System HRP-Labeled Polymer (Dako, Glostrup, Denmark) or Histofine Simple Stain Rat MAX PO (M) (Nichirei Biosciences, Tokyo, Japan).…”