Antisense modulation of CD40 ligand expression

A compound 8 to 50 nucleobases in length targeted to nucleobases 38 through 57 of a start codon region, nucleobases 88 through 107, nucleobases 139 through 158, nucleobases 243 through 262, nucleobases 546 through 582, nucleobases 593 through 612, nucleobases 754 through 773, or nucleobases 787 through 806 of a coding region, nucleobases 816 through 835 of a stop codon region, or nucleobases 834 through 853, nucleobases 1076 through 1095, nucleobases 1155 through 1174, nucleobases 1196 through 1218, nucleobases 1429 through 1448, nucleobases 1582 through 1601, or nucleobases 1675 through 1694 of a 3′-untranslated region of a nucleic acid molecule encoding CD40 ligand of SEQ ID NO:

• 3, nucleobases 1905 through 1924 of a 5′-untranslated region or nucleobases 2193 through 2212, or nucleobases 2276 through 2295 of a 3′-untranslated region of a nucleic acid molecule encoding CD40 ligand of SEQ ID NO:
• 10, nucleobases 804 through 823 or nucleobases 989 through 1008 of a 3′-untranslated region of a nucleic acid molecule encoding CD40 ligand of SEQ ID NO:
• 11, nucleobases 434 through 453 of a 3′-untranslated region of a nucleic acid molecule encoding CD40 ligand of SEQ ID NO:
• 12, or nucleobases 319 through 338 of a 3′-untranslated region of a nucleic acid molecule encoding CD40 ligand of SEQ ID NO:
• 13, wherein said compound specifically hybridizes with one of said regions and inhibits the expression of CD40 ligand.