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Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Jul;33(7):1006–1015. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31819f57e9

Table 3.

Phenotypic markers in non-goblet columnar epithelium from patients with columnar metaplasia of the distal esophagus either with or without goblet cells

Marker	Patients with columnar metaplasia with goblet cells (Barrett’s Esophagus)			Patients with columnar metaplasia without goblet cells	Gastric Controls
	LDGC N=25	HDGC N=34	Total N=59	N=30	N= 19
MUC5AC	25 (100%)	34 (100%)	59 (100%)	30 (100%)	19 (100%)
MUC2	18 (72%)^c	32 (94%)^c	50 (85%)	0 (0%)	0
Das-1	21 (84%)	32 (94%)	53 (90%)	9 (30%)	0
Villin	23 (92%)	33 (97%)	56 (95%)	5 (17%)	0
CDX-2	24 (96%)	34 (100%)	58 (98%)	13 (43%)	0
Ki67	12 (48%)^a	25 (74%)^b	37 (63%)	5 (17%)^a,^b	0

LDGC = low density goblet cells, HDGC = high density goblet cells, N = number of patients

p<0.02

p<0.0007

p<0.03