Background Persistent inflammation caused by Chlamydia trachomatis in the female genital
compartment represents one of the major causes of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) …

Most of the studies on 60-kDa and 10-kDa chlamydial heat shock proteins (HSPs) to date
have been carried out with blood lymphocytes or serum antibody responses, which do not …

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the role of chlamydial 60 kDa heat shock protein
(CHSP60) induced cell-mediated immune (CMI) response in women with tubal factor …

Chlamydia trachomatis infections can result in the development of serious sequelae such as
pelvic inflammatory disease and tubal infertility. In this study, peripheral blood mononuclear …

The inflammatory response associated with Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections is
thought to be initiated by the release of proinflammatory cytokines from infected epithelial …

Human genital infection caused by C hlamydia trachomatis is thought to be immunologically
mediated, resulting in local recruitment of lymphocyte subsets and inducing the production …

Chlamydia trachomatis infection is followed by the development of antigen-specific cell-
mediated immunity, which is detectable as a positive lymphocyte proliferation response to …

Background The magnitude of reproductive morbidity associated with sexually transmitted
Chlamydia trachomatis infection is enormous. Association of antibodies to chlamydial heat …

Chlamydia trachomatis infections are an important sexually transmitted infection that can
lead to inflammation, scarring and hydrosalpinx/infertility. However, infections are commonly …

Chlamydia trachomatis infection is associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and
tubal factor infertility (TFI). We investigated the role of C. trachomatis as a target antigen of …