Rejection of the colon in multi visceral organ transplantation in pigs.
We studied the rejection of the colon by performing multiple visceral organ transplantation in non-inbred Large White Duroc pigs. The rejection of the colon was graded as follows: Grade I, infiltration by lymphocytes and/or plasma cells in the mucosa on days 7-8 (the day of transplantation = day 0). Grade II, more intense infiltration in the mucosa and/or submucosa and scattered epithelial sloughing and cryptitis in the mucosa on days 10-14. Grade III, transmural infiltration and complete mucosal destruction on days 18-21.
Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000473:pathology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate; D013552:Swine; D014781:Viscera / Q000637:transplantation*