In a study comparing 7 mucinous adenocarcinomas (previously known as mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (mBAC)) and 27 non-mucinous BAC, higher levels of MUC2, MUC5AC, and MUC6 expression were found in mucinous BAC (26). This evidence concerns the gene MUC5AC and colon mucinous adenocarcinoma.