MUC5B and influenza: Although canonical mucin genes associated with influenza pathogenesis like MUC1 and MUC5B [76,77] were not regulated in A549 cells, and we did note goblet cell metaplasia to occur as a result of eosinophil transfer or differences in the eosinophil-deficient mice (data not shown), it is worth investigating the effect eosinophils have on mucin composition and goblet cell metaplasia in detail in the context of influenza.