“…They were air-dried and incubated with PBS/1%BSA (Sigma) for 20 min. Then the cells were stained with the different antibodies (antiannexin IImAb, Transduction Laboratories; and anti-1[alpha],25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 , provided by Leo Pharma) [Blaehr et al, 2001[Blaehr et al, , 2003] for 1 h. After three washes in PBS, cells were stained with Cy3 and Cy2 (Jackson Immuno Research) for 1 h, washed in PBS and embedded in Vectashield. The microscopy was done with a Leica CLSM version TCS NT.…”