Fig. 10

Immune cell populations correlate to Firmicutes with distinct patterns based on either anastomotic surgery. Correlation graphs of A iNKT (TCRβ+ CD1dtet+) IL-22+ cells, B iNKT IL-10+ (significant r value of 0.8138 for end-to-end anastomosis), C CD11bhi CD103mid DCs (CD45+ IA-IE+ CD110+), D Th17 (TCRβhi CD4+ IL-17A+ IL17F+) (significant r value of 0.8151 for end-to-end anastomosis) and E Treg (TCRβ+ CD4+ FoxP3+) versus Firmicutes within surgery type. Pearson correlation coefficient (r) are found in Additional file 10: Table S2