Table 3 Selected differentially expressed unigenes putatively involved in lipid metabolism after blood-feeding and long-term starvation

Lipoprotein

Vitellogenin

3,180.28

0.06

0.07

0

DN57762

Vitellogenin-B

301.42

336.42

40.48

0

DN58267

Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein

0.08

4.18

0.47

0

DN38842

Ixodes scapularis hypothetical protein

46.51

19.10

4.59

0

DN58114

Apolipoprotein

0.00

0.08

19.97

0

DN37679

Apolipoprotein

0.00

1.52

41.34

0

DN34916

LDL-receptor

Lipophorin receptor, putative

43.28

20.04

9.58

0

DN55485

LDL-receptor class A domain-containing protein

15.24

4.61

10.37

0

DN58047

LDL-receptor class A domain-containing protein

18.39

0.29

3.81

0

DN50871

LDLR chaperone boca-like

29.84

21.93

7.41

0.01

DN56139

Acyl-CoA synthetase

Acyl-CoA synthetase family member

33.65

2.18

0.51

0

DN42480

Acyl-CoA synthetase family member

0.12

14.37

33.01

0

DN56802

Cholesterol metabolism

Insilin induced protein

8.99

7.13

13.76

0.02

DN55975

Putative high-density lipoprotein-binding protein

103.71

19.57

4.93

0

DN55629

Fatty acyl-CoA elongase

62.53

7.57

8.65

0

DN57046

Fatty acyl-CoA elongase, putative

47.18

7.82

14.56

0

DN33724

Fatty acyl-CoA elongase, putative

101.92

22.09

93.38

0.01

DN45177

Niemann-Pick type C1

Niemann-Pick type C1 domain-containing protein

43.49

19.39

11.53

0

DN50927

Putative Niemann-Pick type C1 domain-containing protein

35.83

6.11

18.27

0

DN34654

Putative Niemann-Pick type C1 domain-containing protein

176.11

0.29

0.03

0

DN34326

Niemann-Pick type C2

Major epididymal secretory protein HE1, putative

33.38

0.80

8.31

0

DN53284

Hemelipoglycoprotein

Hemelipoglycoprotein precursor

1,247.69

0.78

0.50

0

DN45062

Hemelipoglycoprotein precursor

5.69

0.21

1.22

0

DN58109

Lipid transporter

Predicted microsomal triglyceride transfer protein

171.76

19.53

5.56

0

DN43048

Fatty-acid and retinol-binding protein 1

0.00

6.56

0.00

0

DN59148

Lipid droplet-associated hydrolase

0.20

9.14

0.45

0

DN48962

Oxysterol-binding protein

Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 2

14.81

48.91

13.96

0

DN54120

Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 9

7.03

28.49

14.11

0.01

DN54199

Fatty acid-binding protein

Fatty acid-binding protein

1,056.66

724.66

357.63

0

DN48942

Glycerol kinase

Lycerol kinase-like isoform X2

6.08

11.88

2.60

0.01

DN47773

Mitochondrial-like acylglycerol kinase

8.20

14.71

3.36

0.01

DN50098

Sphingolipid metabolism

Putative shingomyelin phosphodiesterase

17.53

0.13

0.13

0

DN45324

Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 4-like isoform X1

6.38

22.13

8.08

0.02

DN55541

Putative beta-glucocerebrosidase

114.00

0.05

0.26

0

DN35305

Putative beta-glucocerebrosidase

494.63

0.21

0.05

0

DN53737

Conserved hypothetical protein

5.51

8.20

1.59

0.01

DN56056

Ecdysone synthesis

Ecdysone-induced protein 75

4.98

35.95

13.26

0

DN40090

Ecdysone-induced protein 63F1

1.51

16.91

6.71

0

DN38040

Conserved hypothetical protein

7.24

0.11

0.02

0

DN38433

Phospholipase

Phospholipase A2 precursor, putative

36.94

0.08

0.13

0

DN31517

Phospholipase A2 precursor, putative

194.59

29.04

41.49

0

DN56186

Gastric triacylglycerol lipase

Gastric triacylglycerol lipase, putative

9.9

0.31

0.82

0

DN47082

Gastric triacylglycerol lipase, putative

26.2

7.34

0.93

0

DN52640

Cuticular wax formation

Acyl-CoA reductase, putative

2.68

2.25

400.44

0

DN56552

Acyl-CoA reductase, putative

24.53

0.22

0

0

DN52493

Acyl-CoA reductase, putative

23.75

0.03

0

0

DN43844

Acyl-CoA reductase, putative

27.14

0.91

0.02

0

DN51418

Acyl-CoA reductase, putative

47.33

1.04

0.87

0

DN43844

Acyl-CoA reductase, putative

2.82

12.26

4.74

0

DN53780