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mast cell activation

Term Information

Accession
GO:0045576
Name
mast cell activation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The change in morphology and behavior of a mast cell resulting from exposure to a cytokine, chemokine, soluble factor, or to (at least in mammals) an antigen which the mast cell has specifically bound via IgE bound to Fc-epsilonRI receptors. Source: GOC:mgi_curators, ISBN:0781735149
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0045576 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of mast cell activation (GO:0045576)
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mast cell activation [is_a relation] is_a  myeloid leukocyte activation (GO:0002274)
Children of mast cell activation (GO:0045576)
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mast cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0002279) [is_a relation] is_a  mast cell activation
positive regulation of mast cell activation (GO:0033005) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  mast cell activation
negative regulation of mast cell activation (GO:0033004) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  mast cell activation
regulation of mast cell activation (GO:0033003) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  mast cell activation
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