FIGURE 3. Maturation-incompetent 10-day-old intestinal graft was recovered in the presence of newborn graft. A, A fresh 10-day-old intestinal graft was transplanted in the subcutaneous space of syngeneic rats, and then removed at 14 POD for inspection (H&E, original magnification ×20). B, A fresh newborn graft at 14 POD (H&E, original magnification ×20). C, Histologic recovery of the 10-day-old intestinal graft in the presence of a newborn graft (twin grafting: H&E, original magnification ×20). D, Average histologic score of graft. Datarepresent mean ± SED (n = 13). *P = 0.006 versus 10-day-old× Newborn. One of 3 independent experiments with similar results.