Table 2

Evidence implicating immune responses to Chlamydia hsp60 in inflammation

• Raised anti-hsp60 antibodies in patients with tubal infertility
• DTH responses to hsp60 in primed animal, in models of trachoma and salpingitis
• Continued production of hsp60 by chlamydiae in a non-cultivable state
• Transcription of hsp60 genes by synovial chlamydiae