Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primers for PCR amplification

	Oligonucleotide sequence
Oligonucleotide primers for PCR amplification of CD40L cDNA
Sense	5′-gccagaagataccatttcaa
Antisense	5′-cttatgacatgtgccgcaatt
Sense	5′-aaggtgatcagaatcctca
Antisense	5′-ctgcaaggtgacactgttc
Oligonucleotide primers for PCR amplification of CD40L promotor
Sense	5′-actggggagagcattcagg
Antisense	5′-tctgccaagtaggtggcttc
Sense	5′-ccaaagcctctgacttgactg
Antisense	5′-tgcacctgtcttgcttatcct
Sense	5′-gtgtcaaatttcttccatgcac
Antisense	5′-tgactggtgtcccatcaact
Sense	5′-gccaggctttcattgagtttag
Antisense	5′-gcagaggcagcatgagaag
Oligonucleotides used as primers for amplification of CD40L 3′ untranslated region and poly A site
Sense	5′-gcaaatacccacagttccgc
Antisense	5′-gggacagggtggaaagaagag
Sense	5′-acacagagtcaggccgttgc
Antisense	5′-tgtcacagacttccagaaagtgtg
Sense	5′-aagcagcaaccccactgat
Antisense	5′-tctttccccaacctggctg