The present invention relates to the field of infection and inflammation and, more specifically, to the field of pathogen-induced nuclear factor kappa B activation. More specifically, a novel splice variant of MyD88, (MyD88S), which has been identified encoding a protein that inhibits LPS-induced NF-κB...http://www.google.de/patents/US7122656?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7122656 - Splice variant of MyD88 and uses thereof