20110256158 | NOVEL USE OF AN IL-12 RECEPTOR SPLICE VARIANT AND MOLECULAR ASSAY TO QUANTIFY EXPRESSION THEREOF - The present invention describes compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications. In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates a vaccine formulation comprising an antigen and IL12Rβ1 isoform 2. In some embodiments, this invention relates to a method of quantifying the ratio of IL12Rβ1 transcript and a splice variant thereof in a sample, including but not limited to at the cDNA level. In other embodiments, this invention relates to a method of augmenting an immune response by administering, inhibiting and/or inducing IL12Rβ1 isoform 2. | 10-20-2011 |