MUC2 and Barrett esophagus: Interestingly, although MUC5AC paralleled the decreasing expression pattern of MUC2 in the BE-NFD, BE-LGD, BE-HGD and EAC progression, MUC5AC expression was decreased in GIM and did not further decrease in GA in our study (Figures 5C, D; Supplementary Tables S1, S2).