Sections of the restriction of a line bundle

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Is there a simple relation between the (global) sections of a line bundle and the (global) sections of its restriction to some subvariety?

Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety and $j\colon C\hookrightarrow X$ some smooth irreducible (codimension 1) subvariety. What is the relation between

$H^0(C,j^\ast\mathcal{O}(D))$ and $H^0(X,\mathcal{O}(D))$,

where $\mathcal{O}(D)$ is some line bundle on $X$ ? (I am considering $\dim X=2$ but I guess this is general)