To detect mucin 2 (MUC2), Carnoy-fixed samples were cut into 5-µm-thick sections, mounted on adhesive microscope slides (SuperFrost Ultra Plus, Thermo Scientific), and rehydrated and rinsed in accordance with standard protocols17 (link),77 (link). The samples were confined (Dako Pen, Agilent Technologies) and incubated sequentially with a protein block (Dako, Agilent Technologies), a primary antibody (2 μg/mL of MUC2 rabbit polyclonal IgG, Santa Cruz Biotechnologies), and a secondary antibody (2 ng/mL of Alexafluor 568 goat red anti-rabbit IgG, Invitrogen, Thermo Fischer Scientific); both of the antibodies were diluted (Dako Diluent, Agilent Technologies). Sections were then treated with trihydrochloride trihydrate (0.5 mg/mL Hoechst 33342, Invitrogen, Thermo Fischer Scientific) in PBS. The slides were mounted using fluorescent mounting medium (Dako, Agilent Technologies). Tissues were visualized using a high-capacity digital slide scanner (3DHISTECH Ltd.) and Pannoramic Viewer and CaseViewer software (3DHISTECH Ltd.)
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