Talk:Host–pathogen interaction

Merger Proposal: Host-pathogen interface -> Host-pathogen interaction
The Host-pathogen interface page appears to be an amorphous collection of facts and examples of host-pathogen interactions. I don't think there's enough material here for separate articles on host-pathogen interface and host-pathogen interaction. I think we'd be better off merging the content from each to produce a halfway decent host-pathogen interaction article. Happy to hear others' thoughts. Ajpolino (talk) 04:27, 30 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, I fully agree. host-pathogen interface should be merged into host-pathogen interaction. The term host-pathogen interface is rarely used in the literature as far as I can tell, so that host-pathogen interaction makes more sense. The former should redirect. Peteruetz (talk) 15:40, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Notification
I am editing this page for a class project under drsusan1968. Scosh15 (talk) 23:37, 20 October 2016 (UTC)Sean Cosh

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Types of interaction - Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
The following statement appears to be incorrect:

"Commensalism is when the pathogen benefits while the host gains nothing from the interaction. An example of this is Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, which resides in the human intestinal tract but provides no known benefits.

The wiki page for Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron lists a number of significant benefits, including such statements as:

"B. thetaiotaomicron is a prominent member of the human gut microbiota, and its role in the immune response is complex. The interaction between B. thetaiotaomicron and the immune system contributes to the maintenance of gut homeostasis and the development of an immune system. The anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory characteristics of extracellular vesicles generated by the prevalent human gut bacteria B. thetaiotaomicron are evident, along with the identification of the molecular mechanisms governing their interaction with innate immune cells" 159.196.99.228 (talk) 06:39, 28 December 2023 (UTC)